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powerball sales continue to drop
For the past 10 PB drawings ticket sales total 268 million and the advertised JP is for 149 million. Looking back 2 years ago in just about the same time of the year ticket sales for 10 drawings were 460 million and the advertised JP was for 317 million. In just 2 years sales are now just a little more than half of what they were just 2 years ago. I did not total MM sales but just glancing at them can see they are quite a bit smaller then they use to be. I recall talk awhile back about some day
Sep 7, 2015, 12:10 am - alexnt55 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Will we see half a billion in 2012?Reply
The advertised jackpot for PB has passed 250 million 4 times in the last 26 months. When the price doubles the amount that goes to the jackpot will roughly double also. If the odds and ticket sales both remained the same we might expect to see advertised jackpots of 500 million or more every 6 or 8 months, on average. We already know that the odds will be slightly better, so it's a bit less likely to have sales that high before there's a winner. What we don't know is what will happen to sales vo
Nov 9, 2011, 12:22 am - KY Floyd - Jackpot Games Forum

Maryland Lottery achieves 13th straight year of record salesNews Story
Despite a challenging economy and two paralyzing snow stormsthat buried large parts of the state, the Maryland Lottery tallied more than $1.706 billion in sales in Fiscal Year 2010, breaking its sales record for the 13th year in a row. The Maryland Lottery also contributed $509.7 million to the state, which is used to support important programs, including education, public safety and health and environmental programs. 2010 Fiscal Year-end highlights include: Sales of more than $1.706 b
Aug 8, 2010, 11:05 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery Sales Surge in OctoberNews Story
The Arizona Lottery Wednesday reported a strong surge in October ticket sales compared to last year a strong sense that the organization's core consumers are maintaining their purchase behavior despite an economic slowdown impacting most Americans. Sales were up 21 percent in September and 5.8 percent in October compared to those months last year. Lottery sales are holding steady with continued year-over-year growth in its core Scratchers games and jackpot-motivated growth for games such a
Nov 14, 2008, 7:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery tickets may soon be sold on military basesNews Story
More than 178,000 retail outlets across 41 states and the District of Columbia sell state lottery tickets. Last year these retailers earned more than $3 billion in commissions on ticket sales of almost $49 billion.Military exchanges want a piece of that action.Congress is weighing a first-ever proposal from the Department of Defense to amend current law to allow lottery ticket sales in stateside exchanges, except where such sales would pinch the businesses of blind vendors already selling lotter
Sep 12, 2005, 8:12 am - Todd - Lottery News

Missouri lottery sales set recordNews Story
The Missouri Lottery had record sales of nearly $800 million last fiscal year, the lottery said Wednesday.The lottery recorded $791.5 million in estimated sales for the fiscal year that ended June 30, an 11.5 percent increase from the previous year.Lottery director Jim Scroggins attributed the increase in sales to high jackpots in the state Lotto and multistate Powerball games, increased Scratchers sales and growth in Club Keno.Lottery players won more than $484 million for the year.The high sal
Jul 8, 2004, 10:03 am - Todd - Lottery News

Tennessee lottery sales slack off after fast startNews Story
Tennessee Education Lottery ticket sales have fallen steadily since the state-sponsored games began in mid-January.Tennessee Lottery President Rebecca Paul says declining ticket sales are a consistent pattern with all new lotteries. She says lottery ticket sales typically decline in the summer months, starting in May.Lottery officials predict the games still will make at least $17 million more than their targeted revenues.In the 18 weeks since the lottery began in January, instant ticket sales h
Jun 1, 2004, 12:55 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Lottery reaches record $8 billion in salesNews Story
Lottery achieves its highest revenue transfer ever By Kate Northrop Last week, the Texas Lottery announced that it not only broke its own sales record for the 11th-consecutive year, but it also crossed the whopping $8 billion mark for its fiscal year sales total. Having surpassed the $8 billion milestone, the Lottery reported a massive $1.998 billion contribution to state education and veterans, its highest yet. When then-Gov. Ann Richards purchased the first Texas Lottery scratch t
Sep 28, 2021, 6:42 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Strong Iowa lottery sales are slipping: The culprit? You guessed it, COVID-19News Story
After eight months of Iowa Lottery ticket sales topping budgeted projections, those sales are starting to arc downward. One of the reasons: 95 of the retail outlets selling lottery tickets are shuttered under Gov. Kim Reynolds' COVID-19 orders, Iowa Lottery officials said Wednesday. Through the first three quarters of fiscal 2020, lottery sales were running 1.8 percent ahead of last year's record pace. However, sales of lottery products in March were about $2 million short of the budgeted
Apr 21, 2020, 8:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Lottery sets new $5.077 billion sales recordNews Story
Nets $1.313 billion for Texas public schools and $16.2 million for Texas veterans Players won more than $3.3 billion in prizes Even without the benefit of a record-setting jackpot like 2016's $1.6 billion Powerball prize, the Texas Lottery achieved $5.077 billion in sales for fiscal year 2017, breaking the sales record it set just last fiscal year and resulting in a total contribution of $1.334 billion to Texas schools and veterans. This is the seventh consecutive year that the Texas L
Sep 27, 2017, 10:11 pm - Todd - Lottery News