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Between July 1, 2021, and April 30, 2022, the Hoosier Lottery sold $1.43 billion in tickets, down $15.8 million, or 1.1%, compared to the same 10-month period one year earlier.
Data released Tuesday by the State Lottery Commission show sales of scratch-off tickets increased 4% to $886 million during the eight-month period between July 2021 and February 2022.
a tweet from the little rock police department says no one died, but 25 people were shot while three others suffered unrelated injuries. now, the shooting victims who range in age from 16 to their mid 20s were treated at five separate area hospitals. police say the shooting happened after some club goers got into an argument. so far no arrests have been made. officials say the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms will be assisting the little rock police department with that investigation. meantime, the illinois general assembly lost its race against the clock to pass a state budget before midnight deadline. the state entered its third straight fiscal year without a budget. cnn affiliate wbbm reporting that the speaker of the house sent a letter to three new york bond houses asking them not to downgrade the state s credit rating to junk. earlier this week state officials made the unprecedented move of cutting off lottery ticket sales.
times? i don t believe there s that big a change in terms of marketing. we do look at other things as well, for example, unemployment doesn t seem to affect lottery sales. so it doesn t seem to be this short term i ve just lost something and i need to get it back. much more it s long-term poverty, people who have fallen into that range begin to pin their hopes on lottery in order to, you know, get rich. so we re talking really, by your description, about people who can least afford to be doing this. they re the ones that are doing it. i think that s absolutely the right characterization. you know it s not the poorest of the poor, it s the upper half of the poverty range that are doing this. but it has a huge impact. it s one of the biggest drivers of lottery ticket sales. with all of these record sales, david, where does all of the money go? well, for the most part, the