ForD.C. Lottery players, fiscal 2007 was a very good year. A bizarre and historic year, in fact.

The lottery’s overall prize payout in the year ended Sept. 30 was $145.3 million, or a record 56.7 percent of overall sales, Jeanette Michael, executive director of the D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board, told a D.C. Council committee Wednesday. The DC-4 game paid out a staggering 62.4 percent of sales of $84.6 million.