Scratch-off tickets push Florida Lottery to record sales

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temptustoo — Sun, 05 Jul 2015 00:22:18 GMT

Florida is so so poor that the only thing they can hope for is a hit on a ticket.............PRETTY SAD....

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TnTicketlosers — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 19:32:04 GMT

Thats strange,I talked to guy in Smyrna Tn,yesterday heading down to Miami today to play.wow.I hope he wins something.

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Scratch-off tickets push Florida Lottery to record sales

Lottery Post — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 11:46:46 GMT

Floridians with dreams of instant payoffs are generating record scratch for the Florida Lottery.

Lottery revenues for the fiscal year ending June 30 are up $180 million over last year, reaching a record $5.58 billion, with two-thirds of that money via scratch-offs.

The state sold $3.7 billion in scratch-off tickets this year, compared with $3.4 billion in 2013-14. That more than offset a drop of about $120 million in Powerball, Florida Lotto and other games.

Scratch-offs accounted for 6... [ More ]