Slot Machines Helping Lottery

Previously states that have brought in slot machines that already allow a state lottery have found that the lottery suffers from the slot machines. However, Pennsylvania has found the opposite is going on – with the slot machines coming in, the lottery is actually up 8%. They think it has to do with the way they structured the slot machine agreements.

Every slot machine casino must carry lottery tickets – which make them all that much more accessible to gamblers. The state looked at the same period of time last year and compared it to this year, and lotto sales were $631.2 million during the time of the slot machines, up from last year when the slot machines hadn’t yet opened. Sales so far for this year are already up 2% - $1.6 billion.

The lotto commission says that each week since the slot machines have been open their sales have been up. They say that their two best weeks of all time have been since November – when the first slot machine casino opened. They are a little concerned that there are only two slot machine casinos open at this time, and there are eight more planning on opening by 2009 – but they don’t think that they will be affected all that much. They think that the slot machines will take some of their customers, but with sales going the way they are, they don’t think they have to be all that concerned.


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