Texas Lottery hits new sales record

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Just6ntlc — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:21:10 GMT

I'm happy that Texas Lottery sales are increasing, but disappointed that Lotto Texas sales declined.

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CASH Only — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:50:20 GMT

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.

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DoubleDown — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:46:39 GMT

Congratulations to the Texas Lottery for selling 3.77 billion dollars worth of tickets in fiscal 2006 .

I hope they don't have financial problems going forward....

DD

Texas Lottery hits new sales record

Lottery Post — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:37:36 GMT

Scratch-offs are biggest chunk of $3.77 billion, as Lotto Texas' popularity drops

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.

The big growth is in the scratch-offs, said Robert Heith... [ More ]