The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery (ASL) has reported a 3 per cent increase in total sales to a new high of $516.2m for its fiscal year ended 30 June.
The lottery achieved record-breaking sales for the second consecutive year, including record sales of scratch-off tickets and draw games, increasing the amount of proceeds raised for scholarships to $98.4m.
“We broke the previous proceeds record of $97.6m set in 2012, which means more scholarship money for deserving Arkansas students [...]