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Lottery's take $2.5 million, says director

Governor: Sales seem to be higher than some expected

Posted: October 1, 2009 at 5:59 a.m.

Keith Lattimore, of Conway (right), buys Arkansas Lottery scratch-off tickets from Steven Elliott, a sales clerk at a Sadderfield store on Dave Ward Dr. in Conway Monday.

Keith Lattimore, of Conway (right), buys Arkansas Lottery scratch-off tickets from Steven Elliott, a sales clerk at a Sadderfield store on Dave Ward Dr. in Conway Monday.

The Arkansas lottery sold an estimated $1.32 million in tickets in its second day, increasing its estimated sales for its first two days to more than $2.5 million, the executive director of the Arkansas Lottery Commission said Wednesday.

A crowd gathers at the Murphy USA at Chenal Parkway and Cantrell Road shortly before midnight Sunday in Little Rock in preparation for the first purchase of a Arkansas Scholarship Lottery ticket.

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