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    <title>Texas Lottery hits new sales record</title>
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      <title>Comment #3</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/142107/687714</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:21:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Just6ntlc</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[I'm happy that Texas Lottery sales are increasing, but disappointed that Lotto Texas sales declined.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/142107/685184</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:50:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>CASH Only</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[One reason scratch tickets have become the  bread and butter  of state lotteries is that they almost always have a higher payout than  online  games. Sales of Lotto Texas have continued to drop because Texas lowered the payout percentage when they change Lotto Texas to the current 6/54.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/142107/685130</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:46:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>DoubleDown</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the Texas Lottery for selling 3.77 billion dollars worth of tickets in fiscal 2006 .<br /><br />I hope they don't have financial problems going forward....<br /><br />DD]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:37:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Scratch-offs are biggest chunk of $3.77 billion, as Lotto Texas' popularity drops<br /><br />Officials with the Texas Lottery Commission took a gamble on scratch-off games a few years ago and, according to the latest figures, the bet's paid off: The agency's overall ticket sales rose to $3.77 billion in fiscal 2006, the highest total in the agency's history, with most of the increase coming from the games that provide immediate gratification.<br /><br />The big growth is in the scratch-offs,  said Robert Heith... [&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lotterypost.com/news/142107">More</a>&nbsp;]]]></description>
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