Total lottery sales exceeded $12 billion last year.

In same period, lottery sales, also adjusted for inflation, held steady at more than $1.5 billion.

Much of that year's debate was rendered moot when lottery sales increased the next year.

In the United States, total annual lottery sales have grown into the billions of dollars.

Publix is the largest retailer in the state, accounting for 18% of all lottery sales.

Thus our miserably low rates of national saving get some boost from the lottery sales.

In 1967, the total revenue from lottery sales was only Rs.

The rest of the world had lottery sales of $65 billion last year, or twice the American total, so the magazine even has foreign correspondents.

This is approximately 2% of all lottery sales in the UK.

There are some 2,700 lottery sales outlets statewide, and officials urged players to use them.