How many billion has generated the Texas Lottery?
There seemed to be two groups of buyers of lottery tickets here Friday — the regular customers and the newcomers. Many them were hoping to win a Mega Millions jackpot worth at least $333 million. Mega Millions, a multi-state lottery in Texas and 11 other states, was scheduled to conduct a drawing at 10 p.m. CDT Friday in Atlanta, Ga., for the $333 million prize. Its Web site says Mega Millions is the largest jackpot game in the U.S. The Associated Press reported that Friday’s jackpot is the second largest in history, and if no one wins it will increase to the largest ever jackpot of $430 million. Sources: http://askville.amazon.com/billion-generated-Texas-Lottery/AnswerViewer.do?
Scratch-offs are biggest chunk of $3.77 billion, as Lotto Texas’ popularity drops Officials with the Texas Lottery Commission took a gamble on scratch-off games a few years ago and, according to the latest figures, the bet’s paid off: The agency’s overall ticket sales rose to $3.77 billion in fiscal 2006, the highest total in the agency’s history, with most of the increase coming from the games that provide immediate gratification. “The big growth is in the scratch-offs,” said Robert Heith, the agency’s chief spokesman. “People want to know right now if they’ve won anything.” Overall ticket sales jumped 3.1 percent between September 2005 and August 2006, but growth was not across the board. Sales of Lotto Texas, the state’s flagship game, plummeted 21.4 percent, from $306.7 million last year to $241 million this year. The real jump in revenue came from the 80 or so scratch-off or instant ticket games, which cost as much as $30 each and tell ticket holders if they’re winners or losers i
There seemed to be two groups of buyers of lottery tickets here Friday — the regular customers and the newcomers. Many them were hoping to win a Mega Millions jackpot worth at least $333 million. Mega Millions, a multi-state lottery in Texas and 11 other states, was scheduled to conduct a drawing at 10 p.m. CDT Friday in Atlanta, Ga., for the $333 million prize. Its Web site says Mega Millions is the largest jackpot game in the U.S. The Associated Press reported that Friday’s jackpot is the second largest in history, and if no one wins it will increase to the largest ever jackpot of $430 million. Sources: http://www.reporternews.
