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N.J. Lottery sets record for lottery ticket salesNews Story
The slumping economy seemingly hasn't stopped lottery players in New Jersey who want to cash in on their dreams. The state lottery raised more money in ticket sales in the fiscal year ending June 30 than ever before in its 40-year history a record $2.6 billion despite a recession that has seen people's discretionary spending drop in other areas. Regular customers at the 7-Eleven on Route 9 in Northfield said the state can thank them for their generosity in the last year. I haven't seen
Aug 14, 2010, 4:27 pm - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery celebrates 25th anniversaryNews Story
The newspaper headlines in August 1985 were a sign of the unbridled enthusiasm over the arrival of the Iowa Lottery. Lottery mania grips Iowans. Iowa lottery tickets selling like hotcakes. Eager lottery players stampede for startling 1.6 million in tickets. Twenty-five years and $4.8 billion in sales later, the Iowa Lottery remains popular statewide, generating $256 million in sales for the 12 months ending June 30. It's also a game that has changed with the times, moving from simp
Aug 6, 2010, 9:51 am - Lottery News

Against the odds, KY Lottery returns record amount to stateNews Story
Mega Millions helps power sales; Powerball keeps improving too By Todd Northrop The Kentucky Lottery Corporation (KLC) today announced a record-breaking $214.3 million was returned to the Commonwealth in Fiscal Year 2010, despite lottery sales dropping $38 million or 4.7% during the same period. The $214.3 million surpasses the previous record set last year by $9.9 million or 4.8%. The figure is comprised of $200.7 million from profits for scholarship, grant and higher education program
Aug 2, 2010, 1:09 pm - Lottery News

Increased California Lottery payouts spur salesNews Story
Californians who play lottery Scratcher games have apparently noticed a new and not unwelcome change in the way some of the games are structured: They win more. As a result, they're playing more. Scratcher sales leaped by $55 million in June, the first month that a new law allowed lottery officials to increase the percentage of revenues returned in prize money. Officials are confident that trend will continue. In its budget for the fiscal year that began July 1, the Lottery Commission p
Jul 6, 2010, 9:03 am - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery reports record salesNews Story
The Ohio Lottery says it's on a roll, with the introduction of Powerball helping the agency post another year of record sales. Officials say the lottery enjoyed $2.48 billion in sales during the fiscal year that ended Wednesday, up from $2.42 billion in the previous fiscal year. Sales grew for the ninth straight year. The lottery says it has poured $728.6 in annual profits into a state education fund. Officials say that's the second largest profit transfer in the lottery's 36-year hi
Jul 5, 2010, 6:16 am - Lottery News

Businesses near Nevada border popular for lottery playersNews Story
For those heading toward Nevada on this lonely stretch of U.S. Highway 93, Rosie's at the Boulder Inn Cafe is the last chance to gamble in Arizona. For those in Las Vegas, meanwhile, this 77-year-old former truck stop is the closest place to play the Arizona Lottery. When the Powerball jackpot spikes, people flood to Rosie's over Hoover Dam, 35 miles to the north, said general manager Brad Larsen, whose mother is the cafe's namesake. It doesn't even get busy until $100 million, he said
May 25, 2010, 9:09 am - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Mega Millions lottery sales falling short of targetNews Story
So far, the Mega Millions lottery game hasn't been the big winner Pennsylvania Lottery officials predicted. Lottery officials hoped Mega Millions would generate $80 million in sales by June 30, the end of the fiscal year. Sales for the multi-state lottery game with big jackpots similar to Powerball began Jan. 31. From February through April, Mega Millions generated $26.2 million in sales. To meet the initial target, the game would have to sell $54 million in May and June. Kirstin Alvani
May 25, 2010, 8:08 am - Lottery News

Powerball outmuscles Mega Millions in sales, jackpotsNews Story
Powerball is on a roll. Wednesday's annuity jackpot got to be gigantic $252 million by leaving the main rival in the dust. Both grew for 11 drawings, but the top prize in Mega Millions rose only to $143 million Tuesday night. When states began selling both lotteries on Jan. 31, observers wondered how they'd fare head to head. The verdict seems to be in. Powerball is Coke, Hertz, Muhammad Ali. Mega Millions is Pepsi, Avis, Joe Frazier. In Pennsylvania, a Powerball state for year
Apr 21, 2010, 8:12 am - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery sales up by 3 percent; Powerball sales downNews Story
It's early yet, but the multi-state lottery game Mega Millions has not sent lottery ticket sales shooting through the roof in South Carolina. Overall, sales are up about 3 percent. But sales for the state's other multi-state game Powerball are down. For roughly its first month of operation in South Carolina, the Mega Millions jackpot game had sales of $2.3 million, according to state lottery figures, as South Carolinians got their first crack at a second, high-sweepstakes game. For roug
Mar 8, 2010, 9:12 am - Lottery News

New games send lottery sales soaringNews Story
Tennessee lottery officials say sales are surging because of two new games: Mega Millions and Millionaire Jumbo Bucks. Ticket sales last week were the third highest, $30.8 million, since the lottery began more than six years ago. Mega Millions is the state's second mega-jackpot game. Millionaire Jumbo Bucks is an instant-ticket game with top prizes of $1 million. After five days of sales, Millionaire Jumbo Bucks players had won more than $3.5 million in prizes. Last week's sales were
Feb 12, 2010, 8:18 am - Lottery News