Lottery Director Discusses Lagging Revenue
According to an article in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, ticket sales at the Arkansas Lottery are down for the third month in a row.
The article states, “Among other things, lottery officials blamed high gasoline prices, high temperatures and high electricity bills for the dip in sales in July and August.” As others have pointed out before, if people are unable to purchase lottery tickets because they need the money to pay for basic necessities–like the utility bill, gasoline, and so on–it’s probably a good indicator that many of the lottery’s players are the people who can actually least afford to gamble and lose on lottery tickets.