Montana State Lottery for the Two Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2019

A REPORT TO THE MONTANA LEGISlaTURE FINANCIal-COMPLIANCE AUDIT Montana State Lottery For the Two Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2019 APRIL 2020 LEGISlaTIVE AUDIT DIVISION 19-30A Financial-Compliance Audits Legislative Audit Committee Financial-compliance audits are conducted by the Legislative Audit Division to determine if an agency’s financial operations Representatives are properly conducted, the financial reports are presented Kim Abbott fairly, and the agency has complied with applicable laws and [email protected] regulations. In performing the audit work, the audit staff uses Dan Bartel standards set forth by the American Institute of Certified Public [email protected] Accountants and the United States Government Accountability Tom Burnett Office. Financial-compliance audit staff members hold degrees [email protected] with an emphasis in accounting and many staff members hold Denise Hayman, Vice Chair Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certificates. [email protected] Emma Kerr-Carpenter The Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 and the Uniform [email protected] Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Matt Regier Requirements for Federal Awards require the auditor to issue [email protected] certain financial, internal control, and compliance reports in Senators addition to those reports required by Government Auditing Dee Brown, Chair Standards. This individual agency audit report is not intended [email protected] to comply with these reporting requirements and is therefore Jason Ellsworth not intended for distribution to federal grantor agencies. The [email protected] Legislative Audit Division issues a statewide biennial Single Audit John Esp Report which complies with the above reporting requirements. [email protected] The Single Audit Report for the two fiscal years ended June 30, Pat Flowers 2017, was issued March 23, 2018. The Single Audit Report for the [email protected] two fiscal years ended June 30, 2019, will be issued by March 31, Tom Jacobson 2020. [email protected] Mary McNally [email protected] Members serve until a member’s legislative term of office ends or until a successor is appointed, Audit Staff whichever occurs first. Jessica Curtis Leslie Lahti Alexa O’Dell §5-13-202(2), MCA Fraud Hotline Reports can be found in electronic format at: (Statewide) 1-800-222-4446 https://leg.mt.gov/lad/audit-reports (in Helena) 444-4446 [email protected]. www.montanafraud.gov LEGISLATIVE AUDIT DIVISION Angus Maciver, Legislative Auditor Deputy Legislative Auditors: Deborah F. Butler, Legal Counsel Cindy Jorgenson Joe Murray April 2020 The Legislative Audit Committee of the Montana State Legislature: This is our financial-compliance audit report of the Montana State Lottery (lottery) for the two fiscal years ended June 30, 2019. Our audit consisted of reviewing revenues, expenses, and account balances primarily related to online and scratch ticket sales. We reviewed the lottery’s control systems and compliance with applicable state laws. The report resulted in no recommendations and an unmodified opinion, meaning the reader can rely on the information presented in the financial statements and notes. Our opinion includes an Emphasis-of-Matter paragraph which discusses transfers to the state’s General Fund in fiscal year 2019. The purpose of the paragraph is to direct the reader’s attention to an important financial occurrence. State law requires the lottery to make quarterly transfers to the General Fund, but the lottery was only able to transfer cash three times in fiscal year 2019 as further explained on page A-2. The lottery’s response to the audit is included on C-1 of the audit report. We thank the director and her staff for their assistance and cooperation throughout the audit. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Angus Maciver Angus Maciver Legislative Auditor Room 160 • State Capitol Building • PO Box 201705 • Helena, MT • 59620-1705 Phone (406) 444-3122 • FAX (406) 444-9784 • E-Mail [email protected] i Table of Contents Appointed and Administrative Officials ...................................................................................ii Report Summary ...................................................................................................................S-1 CHAPTER I – INTRODUCTION ��1 Introduction ..............................................................................................................................1 Background ��1 Transfers to the General Fund ��2 Transfers to STEM Scholarship Account ..................................................................................2 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT AND LOTTERY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Independent Auditor’s Report ............................................................................................... A-1 Statement of Net Position for the Years Ended June 30, 2019, and 2018 ..............................A-3 Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Net Position for the Years Ended June 30, 2019, and 2018 ........................................................................................................A-4 Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended June 30, 2019, and 2018 .............................. A-5 Notes to the Financial Statements ......................................................................................... A-7 REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL AND COMPLIANCE Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance With Government Auditing Standards .............................................................................................................B-1 LOTTERY RESPONSE Montana State Lottery .........................................................................................................C-1 19-30A ii Montana Legislative Audit Division Appointed and Administrative Officials Term Expires Montana State Wilbur Rehmann, Chair Helena 1/1/2021 Lottery Jessika Kynett, Law Enforcement Livingston 1/1/2021 Thomas M. Keegan, Attorney Helena 1/1/2022 Leo Prigge, CPA Butte 1/1/2023 John Tarr, Public Member Helena 1/1/2022 Administrative Angela Wong, Montana State Lottery Director Officials Bryan Costigan, Montana State Lottery Director of Security Armond Sergeant, Director of Financial Services For additional information concerning the Montana State Lottery, contact: Armond Sergeant, Director of Financial Services 2525 N. Montana Ave. Helena, MT 59601 (406) 444-5813 e-mail: [email protected] MONTANA LEGISLATIVE AUDIT DIVISION S-1 FINANCIAL-COMPLIANCE AUDIT Montana State Lottery For the Two Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2019 APRIL 2020 19-30A REPORT SUMMARY In fiscal year 2019, total Montana State Lottery (lottery) revenue increased by $3.9 million due to an increase in both Scratch Ticket Revenue and Online Ticket Revenue. Per state law in effect in fiscal year 2019, net revenue must be transferred to the General Fund up to the amount transferred in fiscal year 2015, $12,363,365. Any additional net revenue must be transferred to the Montana STEM Scholarship Program special revenue account. The net revenue was not large enough in fiscal year 2019 to require transfers to the Montana STEM Scholarship Program. State law was changed going forward as described below. Context The lottery offers both online and scratch STEM Scholarship Program special revenue games. Online games currently on sale include account. The STEM Scholarship Program is multi-state games such as Powerball, Mega administered by the Office of the Commission Millions, Lucky for Life, and Lotto America, of Higher Education and provides an incentive as well as state-specific games such as Montana for high school students to prepare for and Cash and Montana Millionaire. The lottery complete degrees in postsecondary fields also markets an assortment of scratch games, related to science, technology, engineering, as well as Treasure Play games, that are instant mathematics, and healthcare. The change is win games. In fiscal year 2019, sales from effective starting with fiscal year 2020, and the online and scratch games were approximately required transfer amount increases each year $60 million and direct costs associated with through fiscal year 2023. the sales were approximately $44 million. We focused our audit efforts on sales revenues, The lottery recorded an operating transfer of direct game costs, and the account balances $12.2 million to the state’s General Fund in associated with these activities, as well as the fiscal year 2019. As described in the Emphasis- net pension liability. We specifically reviewed: of-Matter paragraph on page A-2, the lottery scratch and online ticket revenues; direct game transferred actual cash of $8.4 million. The costs such as scratch and online ticket prize remaining money was paid to the General expenses, retailer commissions, and vendor Fund in fiscal year 2020 after the Lottery fees; the estimated prize liability related to Commission approved the transfers. The winning tickets sold but not claimed by fiscal lottery’s operating expense, funded from year-end; cash and cash equivalents; accounts the net proceeds from ticket sales,

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