By AP
Oklahoma City, OK – The Oklahoma lottery is being honored for its financial reporting.
The state Lottery Commission announced Tuesday the Government Finance Officers Association has awarded the lottery a certificate of excellence for its comprehensive annual financial report.
The certificate is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting.
The organization cites the lottery's "spirit of full disclosure" for its clearly-written annual financial report. This is the fifth straight year the lottery has been cited by the group.
The Government Finance Officers Association is a nonprofit professional association that serves 17,500 government finance professionals.
The Oklahoma lottery has raised more than $436 million for education since 2005.