Texas Lottery generated more than $100 million in one week from scratch-off ticket sales

Comment #27

TheMeatman2005 — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 17:27:19 GMT

Well said TD

Comment #26

JADELottery — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 17:02:04 GMT

Tucker Black reddog,

Thanks for the feedback.

It's our job to view this snit differently and stir up the snit storm, whenever possible.

Makes life interesting.

Comment #25

reddog — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 12:29:43 GMT

Yep, see it all the time. I got one better. The store that my wife and I go to to sit and play Keno will have , I call them pickers , come in there all the time to pick thru the scratchers. Meaning play the $10.00 and up ones until they get a winner then move on to the next and the next. I see this woman in her late 50's drop $300.00 everytime. I have seen her hit big once for a $1000 on a $30.00 scratcher, rest of the time giving her winnings back and buying more. N.C Lottery is making a killin... [ More ]

Comment #24

reddog — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 12:19:07 GMT

Good point

Comment #23

Tucker Black — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 08:38:56 GMT

This is an excellent point!

When I worked in a convenience store in Texas in the early 1990's, when the lottery first started, all they had was $1 scratchers. In the six months I worked there after the lottery started, every single person who redeemed a winning ticket, except one person, used the winnings to buy more scratchers.

I remember this one guy who bought 100 scratchers. He went out to his car and came back a little while later with the winners (totalling less than $100). He exchan... [ More ]

Comment #22

Tucker Black — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 08:21:58 GMT

No, it's because the population is 28.5 million. It's been increasing steadily for years, so this news is not a surprise.

The adult population is about 18 million, so this is an average of $5.40 in scratch-offs per adult in a week. Lots of people spend nothing, some people spend $10 or $20 a day, and then there's everyone in between. $5.40 average sounds about right.

Comment #21

rcbbuckeye — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 02:30:07 GMT

I don't know. Don't even care. Not that important. But, you may want to ask Todd. Maybe he can help you.

Your last comment was essentially the state only cares about sales. Well, of course they care about sales. My point is not about the reporter. My point is the state has to care about sales. But they also care that people win the prizes because that helps to sell tickets. If there are no sales, there will be no lottery for people to play.

Comment #20

DELotteryPlyr — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 00:46:28 GMT

So why didn't the reporter do that? Click on the games and find out what was claimed both during and after that time period mentioned. IMHO it is too much WORK for them to do that. It is easier to just take the info given to them and repeat it with minimum effort and get paid.

Also they could have simply inquired to the state what the numbers were, which would be the easiest way. Again to me its only 1/2 a story as they left off the most important part for a player reading it.

Comment #19

Soledad — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 23:45:03 GMT

The philosophy behind the scratchers is, at least I get something back. Sign of the times.

Comment #18

Bleudog101 — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 23:41:40 GMT

Never been to a tobacco shop, first I heard of those plates.

Logo just a horses head/mane I believe is what it looks like, no words!

Thanks for the good laugh JADE lottery.

Comment #17

Coin Toss — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 23:23:48 GMT

JADELottery,

I'm pretty sure that all lotteries are very well aware that smaller prizes just go towards more tickets.

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Bleudog101,

Does the logo say

Kentucky, Fast Horses, Faster Women

like it does on the license plates the tobacco shops sell?

Not tat there's anything wrong with that

Comment #16

Bleudog101 — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 20:16:55 GMT

Forgive me for going off subject here.

Happy Anniversary to the KY lottery! Brand new horse themed logo and an outstanding website.

Comment #15

JADELottery — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 16:08:37 GMT

Interesting the payouts are touted.

I was at the gas station a few days ago getting my Lotto America tickets.

As I was waiting, the gal in front of me was cashing in a bunch of scratchers.

She ended up with a total of $24.00 won.

Now, as this relates to both the payouts and money returned as prizes, there seems to be an aspect of the lottery industry's profit that is least discussed.

It has to do with the winnings.

Going back to this gal, most would think, if you won, you'd kee... [ More ]

Comment #14

rcbbuckeye — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 13:30:27 GMT

On TLC's website there were 5 $1 million scratchoffs and 1 $5 million scratchoff claimed Jan 3rd and Jan 4th. You can click on any scratch game and see how many top prizes have been claimed. The lotteries DO want people to win. It's good for business. On the other hand, lotteries ARE a business, not a charity There HAS to be a profit made, or that business will not survive.

So, sales are important. Without sales, there is no profit, and there are no winners either.

Comment #13

DELotteryPlyr — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 11:38:24 GMT

A good reporter would have ALSO asked about how much was/has been paid out since that period. I would assume payouts would have been UP in that period. And was there a jackpot or other large payout?

Seems the state only cares about sales, but I guess that is expected.

Comment #12

sweetie7398 — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 03:34:31 GMT

I love scratchers

Comment #11

grwurston — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 01:32:52 GMT

Fiscal year 2018 had $4.2 billion in scratch off sales.

How much of that was actually won by the scratch off players

Comment #10

gatorsrok — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 00:17:02 GMT

You are generally correct with the payouts on the scratch-offs vs draw games. The draw games are very top heavy and allocate most of the prize payouts to the jackpot prize. Scratch-offs allocate most of the prize payouts to lower tier prizes. It all depends upon which prize structure you like.

Comment #9

oate — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 23:45:23 GMT

In most states, scratchers payout between $0.60 and $0.70 on the dollar, with the more expensive scratchers having better returns. They generally have better returns than draw games.

I randomly picked a $10 scratcher from the TX lotto website and it pays out $0.685 on the dollar. ( https://www.txlottery.org/export/sites/lottery/Games/Scratch_Offs/details.html_252704508.html )

That's about average or a little better than average from what I've observed of other states' scratchers offerings.... [ More ]

Comment #8

rwalkero — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 23:17:29 GMT

Texas lottery sctratch off odds are horrible to say the least of course if your not paying out your profits will increase.

Comment #7

noise-gate — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 22:32:31 GMT

Wow, Texans sure have a lot of disposable income.

Comment #6

Stack47 — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 19:22:52 GMT

The spike could possibly be because of a larger number of scratch-off Christmas gifts, simply because Texas players really like their games, or a combination of both.

Comment #5

Coin Toss — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:05:12 GMT

Gary Grief, executive director of the Texas Lottery

The lottery executive director's name is Grief.

good grief

Comment #4

Bleudog101 — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 15:47:53 GMT

And some idiot politicians want to get rid of the Texas Lottery? Guess they use fuzzy math for their thinking.

On the plus side (LOL), Texas will never see a casino, plenty of them outside their states. Big problem is a long drive for many in the middle of the state.

Comment #3

music* — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 14:38:27 GMT

Congratulations to Gary Grief and the TX Lottery. They know how to keep the golden goose and the cash cow alive and well.

Comment #2

reddog — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 14:22:43 GMT

I know it is for N.C.. but we all keep buying them even though the amount of cards of any particular kind printed has increased 10 times what it was 10 years ago but the bs odds stay the same. I slowed down three years ago when it really started getting obvious. But I will brag on Virginia, a lot of N.C. folks buying theirs because, for some reason they hit better.

Comment #1

JADELottery — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 13:56:55 GMT

Scratchers tend to be the lottery industry's cash cow.

Texas Lottery generated more than $100 million in one week from scratch-off ticket sales

Lottery Post — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 13:51:06 GMT

The Texas Lottery has, for the first time in its history, sold more than $100 million in scratch ticket sales in just one week. From Dec. 23, 2018 to Dec. 29, 2018, scratch ticket sales totaled $100,776,586, shattering the old record of $99,679,358 achieved in March of 2018.

This is a very special time for the Texas Lottery as we continue to experience unprecedented growth and we are especially thrilled to celebrate this tremendous record week of scratch ticket sales, said Gary Grief, execut... [ More ]