S.C. Lottery sales up by 3 percent; Powerball sales down

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ca-dreamin* — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:02:12 GMT

I wouldn't be suprised if this is true for all the states that added the new games.

I know people here in IL were excited to be getting PB......I think the reason being they couldn't win at MM so somehow they think they'll have a better chance at PB.

Comment #4

maringoman — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:40:54 GMT

My first big win in megamillions came after playing the addictive game for 4 years. I hit for $150 and was pretty

excited about that. I prefer to play the megamillions and powerball because the lotto people have no control of

where they send the jackpot winning tickets. I suspect they know to which towns and cities they distibute the jackpot winning scratch tickets.

Comment #3

rdgrnr — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:03:17 GMT

South Carolina's a quirky little state.

They make barbecue sauce out of mustard down there and believe it or not some of it actually tastes good. Go figure.

They have a sign when you enter the state: All Motorcycles Burn Headlights .

I'm always half expecting to see motorcycles pulled over on the shoulder of the road with little bonfires going, burning their headlights.

You never know what they're gonna do next.

Comment #2

joshuacloak — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:44:22 GMT

intresting numbers, i agree with dpoly1 on hes points

having both big jackpot games excite me much more then other games my state offer,

so i play them more often

both help the state bottom line the same so................

, long as BOTH games sell more tickets then just having only 1 game = more money overall

the real test going to be how many major jackpots we going to have this year, them things make the state the must money

100m to near 200m is common it be the ma... [ More ]

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dpoly1 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:55:26 GMT

Some people like the smaller games and some like the games with bigger jackpots.

I just play Powerball and now Mega Millions .... I see others play scratch off tickets and the daily numbers.

The odds may be better on the scratch off tickets and daily numbers .... but they don't excite me.

I am hoping to be the next Powerball winner from PA

S.C. Lottery sales up by 3 percent; Powerball sales down

Lottery Post — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:12:07 GMT

It's early yet, but the multi-state lottery game Mega Millions has not sent lottery ticket sales shooting through the roof in South Carolina.

Overall, sales are up about 3 percent. But sales for the state's other multi-state game Powerball are down.

For roughly its first month of operation in South Carolina, the Mega Millions jackpot game had sales of $2.3 million, according to state lottery figures, as South Carolinians got their first crack at a second, high-sweepstakes game.

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