I was looking at the FL site which indicates that 1,484,000 were left as of 9:50AM. So they are selling at a rate of about 10,000 tickets an hour? That actually makes sense, figuring an average store or gas station (not the 24 hour ones) stays open 12 to 15 hours X 10 to 12 days X 10,000 tickets = what was sold last time FL had a raffle. I'm assuming that many people buy tickets on the way to work or on the way home, so the early morning hours and around 5 or 6:00 might be the busiest.
Just a thought --- Anytime I've worked in a retail store they "embellish" a little to get customers in the door. Sometimes a sense of urgency must be created in order to close a sale, especially when the customer keeps saying "I want to think about it." Let's say nobody bought a raffle ticket, but the Lottery kept showing more and more were being sold and "You better hurry!" Isn't that all part their marketing? I mean, in marketing they teach you to advertise according to the personality type you seek to attract.