Mass Lottery to announce record sales

Comment #11

mikeintexas — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 01:45:56 GMT

I think that's correct. I also believe there are other states in the region that aren't far behind, Delaware and Rhode Island. I also remember reading that Mass. pays out the most in proportion to money spent. The last I read, N. Dakota was on the other end of the spectrum, spending the least per capita on the lottery. I wonder how the recent oil boom there and the availability of good-paying jobs factor into the rankings? I would think that, with a lot more discretionary income, people there wo... [ More ]

Comment #10

Salam1 — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 01:13:30 GMT

Mass Lottery is a scam. Bought 6 $20 scratchers and all lost. I love how on their website it says beware of scams.

Comment #9

myturn — Sat, 04 Jul 2015 16:52:39 GMT

In Fiscal Year 2014, the Massachusetts State Lottery returned $974.5 million in net profit to the Commonwealth, of which $920.2 million in Direct Local Aid was distributed to the 351 cities and towns.

Lottery revenues are distributed to the 351 cities and towns of the Commonwealth according to a local aid formula established by Legislature. Lottery funds are not earmarked for any specific programs, allowing cities and towns to choose how they would like to spend the funds. For example, hiring... [ More ]

Comment #8

Bleudog101 — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 18:57:21 GMT

Yes,

They mailed out the information this week. It is the same type of envelope they use when you win something, so naturally thought it was a check!

The Mass. lottery will not have Powerball for its subscription services. Said the matrix is changing in October with the first five #'s going from 59 to 69 and the Powerball # decreasing from 35 to 26. Price stays the same and they did not post the new odds.

Comment #7

Raven62 — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 17:06:21 GMT

Do you know about the subscription prom? http://www.masslottery.com/games/promotions/SeasonTicketPromo-July2015.html

Comment #6

Bleudog101 — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 16:15:16 GMT

if you know someone, or visit in person like I will in a few weeks, you can purchase Lucky for Life and Mega Millions sans Megaplier season tickets. With the lucky for Life you get 14 draws for free via subscription. To the best of my knowledge, no other state does this with their subscription service.

On a side note, kudos to the Virginia Lottery on their scratch games. When all the top prizes are gone, they close the game. So if there are three 1 million winners and all are sold, the

Comment #5

myturn — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 09:41:36 GMT

The fact that Massachusetts Lottery offers a subscription service for one game across the United States, boost it's revenue. It should offer the same service for all games and generate more revenue for the state.

Comment #4

Coin Toss — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 04:59:48 GMT

Illinois is last in funding school budgets.

So much for the lottery helping education.

Comment #3

Gleno — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 02:24:56 GMT

Keep on buying those tickets. The government needs to build more Casinos or NFL stadiums instead of funding school budgets.

Comment #2

music* — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 22:01:23 GMT

I believe that the players in Massachusetts spend more on Lottery products per person. They are number one in per capita spending compared with other States.

Go Mega Millions Power Ball

Comment #1

maringoman — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 20:44:58 GMT

Mass Lottery introduced a $30 scratch card in 2014 and people were scooping up that baby like there's no tomorrow. The card was so successful that they introduced another one earlier this year. I think I'm the only one who has never bought one. I probably will.

Mass Lottery to announce record sales

Lottery Post — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 20:13:28 GMT

The Massachusetts Lottery is expected to break a sales record this year for the fourth year in a row, the lottery executive director said Tuesday.

As of Saturday, the lottery had tallied $4.973 billion in sales, said Beth Bresnahan. She said the final sales total would be just shy of $5 billion when the fiscal year ends at midnight tonight.

The lottery posted sales of $4.741 billion in fiscal 2012, $4.85 billion in fiscal 2013, and $4.863 billion in fiscal 2014.

Profit this year is expe... [ More ]