title: Hrvatska Lutrija
text: # Hrvatska Lutrija
  
  Hrvatska Lutrija (English: Croatian Lottery) is the national lottery of Croatia. It began its work in 1973 with the passing of the Law on Games of Chance, which, in the territory of the then SR Croatia, establishes the establishment of a specialized organization for organizing games of chance called Lutrija Hrvatske.
  
  ## History
  
  In 1951, was established as the Directorate for Croatia (Croatian: Direkcija za Hrvatsku), which was a part of the Yugoslav Lottery.
  
  In 1973, it became an independent organization for the Croatian lottery, although remained part of the Business community of Yugoslav lotteries.
  
  In 1993, two years after Croatia became an independent country, the lottery was renamed to Hrvatska Lutrija d.o.o.
  
  