Penn. Lottery contributions decline for first time in 6 years

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JimmySand9 — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:06:19 GMT

I can't imagine that's it, they only use a computer to draw the midday drawing.

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tnlotto1 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:59:13 GMT

maybe some people are stopping because they keep losing to the RNG system they have

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rdc137 — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:39:08 GMT

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.

Comment #1

JimmySand9 — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:23:17 GMT

You lower payouts, sales go with them. And now they're apparently lowering payouts again, and sales will go down even further.

Penn. Lottery contributions decline for first time in 6 years

Lottery Post — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:38:01 GMT

Lottery Not Blaming Slots for Flat Sales

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.

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.

State lottery officials insisted the arrival of slot-machine gambling in... [ More ]