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KY Lottery Reports Record Sales for Fiscal Year

KY Lottery Reports Record Sales for Fiscal Year
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By The Associated Press
Jul. 31, 2015 | LOUISVILLE, KY
By The Associated Press Jul. 31, 2015 | 05:00 AM | LOUISVILLE, KY
The Kentucky Lottery says despite falling sales for multistate games, it produced record sales in fiscal year 2015.

Total sales for the year were just over $899 million, which includes $12 million in free tickets. The number broke last year's mark of $858 million.

The lottery transferred $236 million to the state, breaking the record of $225 million but still $16 million below budget.

The lottery said in a news release that scratch-off ticket sales climbed $39 million from fiscal year 2014 to a record $560 million. Multistate Powerball and Mega Millions games continued declining.

Keno sales showed the greatest increase of any draw game, rising 60 percent to $47 million. Overall, draw game sales held at $338 million, which was $1.3 million more than the previous year.

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