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    <title>Penn. Lottery contributions decline for first time in 6 years</title>
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      <title>Comment #4</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/159685/871351</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:06:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>JimmySand9</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[I can't imagine that's it, they only use a computer to draw the midday drawing.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/159685/870216</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:59:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>tnlotto1</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[maybe some people are stopping because they keep losing to the RNG system they have]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/159685/869605</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:39:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>rdc137</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Another major factor is the fact that right now people don't have as much money to throw around. Expenses are up, income is down for people too, not just businesses. I stopped playing my numbers a while ago. I only buy my grandma's Powerball numbers per her request.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/159685/869600</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:23:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>JimmySand9</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[You lower payouts, sales go with them. And now they're apparently lowering payouts again, and sales will go down even further.]]></description>
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      <title>Penn. Lottery contributions decline for first time in 6 years</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:38:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Lottery Not Blaming Slots for Flat Sales<br /><br />Pennsylvania's lottery sales stumbled in the just-ended fiscal year   as slot machines came on line   finishing flat after a half-decade of huge gains spurred by bigger games, more retailers and glitzier advertising.<br /><br />After subtracting expenses, commissions and prize money, the lottery contributed less money to state coffers than the prior year for the first time since 2001.<br /><br />State lottery officials insisted the arrival of slot-machine gambling in]]></description>
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