Ticket sales in lottery fall a 2nd month
Amount for scholarships now down by $2.7 million
Posted: September 12, 2012 at 1:34 a.m.
Shay Jones examines her newly purchased lottery ticket Tuesday morning in downtown Little Rock. Ticket sales for the lottery have dropped for the second consecutive month compared with the same months last year.
For the second consecutive month this fiscal year, Arkansas’ lottery ticket sales dipped compared with the same months last fiscal year. For the two months, sales are down a total of $5.3 million and the amount raised for college scholarships is down by $2.7 million.
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