Kentucky News: To Give Millions Kentucky Lottery Mega
Kentucky Lottery Board of Directors has approved the agreement to begin selling lottery Mega Millions, Multi-jackpot game state.
Kentucky Lottery began pre-selling tickets for Mega Millions in late January, according to a press release.
Mega Millions, many state candidates’ million Powerball lottery jackpot games.
Mega Millions game similar to Powerball. Tickets cost $ 1, and players choose five numbers between 1 and 56, and the “Mega Ball” numbers from 1 to 46 in the game also add to the theme “Megaplier multiplier prices.
In October an agreement was reached at the joint meeting of the directors Powerball and Mega Millions lottery, so that for the state to sell the two games, said the press release.
Powerball sales in Kentucky during the period 2009 to June 30 were $ 96.9 million to 1.5 per cent over the previous year. Kentucky 10 Powerball tickets sold in January 1991. When the game was known as Lotto America.
Today Powerball in 31 states, the District of Columbia and Virgin Islands United States is playing. Mega Millions tickets sold in 12 countries.
During the cross-selling agreements enter into force on the territory of other States in January, 35 of 45 states and territories that are in the game or offer for sale as a Kentucky lottery. Lottery can offer the other two games in 2010.
Instant reduction in sales
Kentucky Lottery also announced Monday that he had total lottery sales in the period from July to October from $ 261.6 million, which is 0.1 percent, to $ 261.3 million last year.
Revenues totaled $ 3.2 million less than expected, partly due to lower sales of instant tickets, said in a statement.
Sales of instant tickets in the period from July to October decreased $ 10.1 million, or 6.1 per cent during the same period a year earlier. Revenues totaled $ 10.5 million or 6.3 percent over budget.
This decrease was partially offset by higher sales for games such as Pick 3 and Powerball. Sales for games from July to October period to 9.9 million, or 10.4 percent, compared to the period of the previous year.
Kentucky Lottery’s financial first quarter earnings before the transfer of dividends was 69.8 million, an increase of 4.6 million, compared to the previous year and 1.5 million more than expected.