LOTTO Hessen’s environmental lottery, GENAU (short for “Gemeinsam für Natur und Umwelt,” or Together for Nature and Environment), is marking its 10th anniversary, having held its first drawing on April 15, 2016. The game lets players in the German state of Hesse back a nature or conservation project in their own region: alongside the usual individual cash prizes, each weekly drawing awards 5,000 euros to a featured environmental project. Over the past decade GENAU has channeled more than 2.6 million euros to over 520 local projects across Hesse.
To mark the milestone, the lottery ran an anniversary special drawing with bonus prizes including an electric camping van (a VW ID.Buzz), a VW ID.4 electric car, and three e-bikes, with regular ticket purchases entered automatically at no extra cost.
