The US state of Kentucky is to introduce an online lottery system; a move the Kentucky Lottery Corporation believes will boost sales.

Kentucky Lottery Corporation

The corporation intends to offer tickets for multi-state pooled liquidity games such as Powerball in mid-2015, with other lottery products to follow.

This week the lottery issued request for proposals with a provider to be selected later in the year.

In the three US states that permit lottery tickets to be sold via the internet, online sales account for just one per cent of the total sold.