Who runs Washingtons Lottery?
Washington’s Lottery is a state agency with approximately 144 employees involved in financial, operational, sales and marketing, legal, security, and other key day-to-day functions. The Lottery is supervised by Director Christopher Liu, who was appointed by Governor Christine Gregoire in March 2005. The Lottery is overseen by a five-person Lottery Commission whose powers are to establish and approve sound operating practices. The Commission members do not work at the Lottery, but have other full-time occupations. Each Commission member attends important Lottery Commission meetings every other month and stays in close contact with the director of the Lottery to participate fully in major Lottery issues. Commission members are appointed to a six-year term by the Governor and approved by the state Senate.
