The Pennsylvania Lottery has reported a 7 per cent increase in game sales to $4.5bn for the financial year ended 30 June, with iLottery contributing $381m in its first year of operation.
The record lottery sales surpassed last year’s high of $4.2bn, with $2.9bn in prizes paid to winners during the period.
Scratchcards represented two-thirds of annual lottery sales at $2.9bn, an increase of 6 per cent year-on-year, with lottery draw games contributing $1.4bn, up 9 per cent [...]