Lotería de Puerto Rico is the oldest "modern" lottery in the US; it began in 1934. (The oldest mainland US lottery is the New Hampshire Lottery

New Hampshire Lottery

Begun in 1964, the New Hampshire Lottery is the oldest US mainland-based lottery. New Hampshire's games include Mega Millions, Powerball, Hot Lotto, and numerous scratch tickets.New Hampshire is part of the Multi-State Lottery Association , which it joined in 1995...

; its beginnings as the New Hampshire Sweepstakes were in 1964.)

Puerto Rico's lottery includes 50 ordinary weekly paper coupon lottery issues on Wednesdays, and two extraordinary issues, each prior to Mothers Day and Christmas, operated by the Puerto Rico Treasury Department

Puerto Rico Treasury Department

The Puerto Rico Treasury Department is one of the constitutionally-created departments of the government of Puerto Rico. It is headed by a Secretary appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico...

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Scientific Games operates an electronic lottery system which offers several games, each at least once a week, including pick 2, pick 3, and pick 4 games. "Instant" scratch-off games were introduced in 2010.

Puerto Rico's lottery is the only one of 46 US lotteries that does not participate in either Mega Millions

Mega Millions

Mega Millions is a US multi-jurisdictional $1 lottery game. Since it replaced The Big Game in May 2002 , Mega Millions' advertised jackpots have started at $12 million, paid in 26 yearly installments , increasing when there is no jackpot winner...

 or Powerball

Powerball

Powerball is an American lottery game sold in 44 jurisdictions as a shared jackpot game. It is coordinated by the Multi-State Lottery Association , a non-profit organization formed by an agreement with lotteries. Powerball is a game whose advertised jackpot starts at $20 million and can roll into...

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