When you spend a dollar on an Arkansas Scholarship Lottery ticket, the positive impact could go further than you imagined. This was the premise for the lottery’s “Power of a Dollar” TV commercial, which recently received the highest honors in the 16th annual Hermes Creative Awards and the 43rd annual Telly Awards. The video received a Platinum Hermes Award in the TV Ad category and a Gold Telly Award in the Local TV – Entertainment category. 

The story follows the trajectory of a single dollar, found in the dryer, as it is used to purchase a $1 lottery ticket. The narrator reveals that the lottery ticket helped fund the education of a nurse, who helps save the life of a teacher, who then recovers and inspires a student in her class. The narrator explains that the lottery has raised more than $1 billion in proceeds for scholarships and invites the viewer to imagine what a dollar will do next.

The commercial emphasizes the central mission of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, which is to create winning people, winning futures and winning moments. Since 2009, the lottery has raised more than $1.1 billion in proceeds for scholarships. More than 675,000 college scholarships have been awarded to Arkansas students.

​​“The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery was started with the mission of helping Arkansas students realize their higher education goals,” said Eric Hagler, ASL executive director. “We have never deviated from that objective and are proud that more than 92 cents of every dollar raised through the sale of lottery tickets goes to scholarships, prizes, retailer commissions and other expenses.”

About Hermes Creative Awards

Hermes Creative Awards is one of the oldest and largest creative competitions in the world. Winners range in size from individuals to media conglomerates to Fortune 500 companies. Hermes Creative Awards honors the messengers and creators of the information revolution. 

Armed with their imaginations and computers, Hermes winners bring their ideas to life through traditional and digital platforms. Each year, competition judges evaluate the creative industry’s best publications, branding collateral, websites, videos, and advertising, marketing, and communication programs.

About The Telly Awards

The Telly Awards is the premier award honoring video and television across all screens. Established in 1979, The Telly Awards receives over 12,000 entries from all 50 states and five continents. Entrants are judged by The Telly Awards Judging Council—an industry body of over 200 leading experts including advertising agencies, production companies, and major television networks—reflective of the multi-screen industry The Telly Awards celebrates. Partners of The Telly Awards include NAB, Stash Media, Production Hub, and We Are Parable.

About the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery

More than 92 cents of every dollar of ASL revenue goes to prizes, scholarships, retailer commissions, and other expenses in Arkansas. Since 2009, the lottery has raised more than $1.1 billion in proceeds for scholarships. More than 675,000 college scholarships have been awarded to Arkansas students. The lottery has awarded more than $4 billion in prizes to players, about $347 million in retailer commissions and provided more than $154 million in state and federal tax revenue.

Follow the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Visit MyArkansasLottery.com for more information on scholarships, winners, games, odds, promotions—and to join The Club for free! To hear winning numbers, call the Winning Numbers Hotline at 501-682-IWON (4966). To get help with problem gambling, contact the National Problem Gambling Helpline at 1-800-522-4700.