of western australia jurisdiction government of western australia agency executive paul andrew chief executive officer website www.lotterywest.wa.gov.au lotterywest established in 1932 formally known as lotteries commission of western australia runs the lottery in western australia . it held its first lottery and made its first grants distribution in march 1933 . lotterywest sells lottery tickets and instant win scratch n win tickets through a network of newsagents and other authorised retailers . it sells national lottery games including saturday lotto super66 oz lotto powerball soccer pools monday and wednesday lotto ; it also administers the locally run cash 3 game . after some of the money wagered on lotterywest s games is returned to players as prize money and operating costs and retailer commission are covered the balance of the money is returned to the western australian community . this amounts to 33 cents in every dollar spent on lotterywest products being returned to western australia . the state s hospitals and health services the department of sport and recreation and the department of culture and the arts are beneficiaries of lotterywest funding as prescribed in the lotteries commission act . as well as these beneficiaries lotterywest makes grants directly available to not for profit community groups and local government authorities for charitable and benevolent purposes . lotterywest directly supports the annual perth international arts festival and local screen funding body screenwest . see also edit lotteries in australia ugly men s association tatts group external links edit lotterywest retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lotterywest & oldid 740694433 categories government agencies of western australiaculture in western australialotteries in australia1933 establishments in australiacompanies established in 1933statutory agencies of western australiahidden categories use dmy dates from november 2015use australian english from november 2015all wikipedia articles written in australian english navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 september 2016 at 17 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view