Strong Iowa lottery sales are slipping: The culprit? You guessed it, COVID-19

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noise-gate — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:28:31 GMT

That's a good question. If Jlo can be in the news at 50 years of age, why not Covid- 19? Which to you lotterywise, is more important

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Bleudog101 — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:25:47 GMT

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jackpotismine — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:01:32 GMT

The 'Chief bottle washer' can write about whatever he wants.

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Todd — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 13:56:48 GMT

Perhaps. Many people want to read local stories that are written specifically about their area, rather than a generic national-focused story.

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Grovel — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 04:58:19 GMT

Are you going to write an article about every state sales slipping because of covid19 one at a time

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Unlucky-Kenny — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:55:28 GMT

Once MM is won - it will be a joke for both.

$2 for a ticket for something 1/2 the size growing slower - it sucks.

Funny enough I was on the Powerball website - they still have literature for their Jackpots starting at $40 mil

How tall is $40 million?

Well taller than your jackpot now . .. ..

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Bleudog101 — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:48:13 GMT

Just wait until MM is won and both of the big guys struggle to get sky high jackpots if you think revenue is hurting now.

Too bad they don't have on-line sales, at least couldn't find it on their website.

Strong Iowa lottery sales are slipping: The culprit? You guessed it, COVID-19

Lottery Post — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:21:35 GMT

After eight months of Iowa Lottery ticket sales topping budgeted projections, those sales are starting to arc downward.

One of the reasons: 95 of the retail outlets selling lottery tickets are shuttered under Gov. Kim Reynolds' COVID-19 orders, Iowa Lottery officials said Wednesday.

Through the first three quarters of fiscal 2020, lottery sales were running 1.8 percent ahead of last year's record pace. However, sales of lottery products in March were about $2 million short of the budgeted... [ More ]