The New York Lottery recorded a 16 per cent fall in sales to $738.2 million in the five weeks to December 2, as sales of the Powerball game fell substantially year-on-year.
Powerball sales are heavily influenced by the size of the jackpot and in the five-week period sales dropped by 78 per cent to $34.6 million against a strong period in the previous year. Mega Millions had sales of $27.9 million, which was a fall of [...]
