Participating in the Golden Opportunities Employee Rewards Program provides benefits for every business across Pennsylvania. Lottery tickets are an unexpected and powerful way to show employees that you appreciate the contributions they provide every day. Such small incentives are known morale boosters and sources of increased productivity.

• Recognizing and rewarding employees promotes a positive behavior and mind-set. Having happy employees helps to increase productivity and decrease turnover.
• Recognition is a powerful leadership tool because it is appropriate for everyone in the organization and its simplicity, impact and availability are almost boundless.
• People like to work for tangible rewards.
• While paychecks make employees come to work, incentive programs make them want to work.
• Lottery tickets can help act as stress reducers.
• Lottery tickets are an affordable and efficient incentive or reward; compared to the cost of traditional incentives.

We hope that you recognize the benefits of this exciting and highly important initiative. By demonstrating the support to your own employees by purchasing lottery tickets to give as incentives, rewards or gifts, you will also be backing the first of many of the Rendell administration's economic growth plans and making a vital contribution to Pennsylvania's older residents.