Mississippi lottery sales booming

Sales of Mississippi lottery tickets are surpassing estimates for the new fiscal year, with proceeds averaging about $10 million or more a week.

TICKETS CONTINUE TO EXCEEDEXPECTATIONS.WE’RE AVERAGING ABOUT NINE POINTFIVE MILLION A WEEK AND GROSSSALES THE PRESIDENT OF THEMISSISSIPPI LOTTERY COMMISSION.TOM SHAHEEN SAYS, THAT NUMBER ISHIGHER THAN SOME STATES FOR THEPOPULATION SIMILAR TOMISSISSIPPI’S WE RIGHT THEREWITH THEM AND WE ACTUALLY WOULDBE ON PAGE 2 ALSO A COUPLE OFTHEM.SO WE’RE DOING REALLY WELL FROMITS LAUNCH IN NOVEMBER THROUGHJUNE OVER 70 MILLION DOLLARS ANDPROCEEDS WERE SENT TO THE STATETREASURY.DESPITE COVID-19 CONCERNS FROMTHEIR EARNINGS DURING THE MONTHSOF JULY AND AUGUST THE LOTTERYRETURNED AND NEARLY EIGHTEENPOINT THREE MILLION DOLLARS TOTHE STATE COVID-19 IS IT WAS AHUGE CHALLENGE FOR US?WE’RE STILL BUILDING.WE STILL HAVE GAMES TO INTRODUCEAS WATERY WON’T BE PROBABLY AFULL-BLOWN WATERY AS FAR AS THEPRODUCT OFFERINGS PROBABLY FORABOUT ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALFTHE LOTTERY OFFICIALS TO SAYTHERE ARE SEVERAL ROAD PROJECTSALREADY UNDERWAY.THANKS TO MONEY EARNED THROUGHTHE MISSISSIPPI LOTTERY.THEY LOOK TO BE ANYWHERE FROMABOUT 10 TO 15 PROJECTS UNDERWAYTHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING FUNDEDWITH WATERY MONEY ALREADYNORMALLY IN THIS IS MY SIXTHLOTTERY IN MY CAREER.NOT QUITE SEEN THE MONEY BEINGPUT TO USE THAT QUICKLY.SHE SAYS AREAS TO SEEING THELARGEST TO SALES NUMBERS ARE THEJACKSON METRO AND COUNTIES THATBORDER THE STATE OF ALABAMA,WHICH DOES NOT HAVE A S