POWERBALL AND SCRATCHER SALES PUSH REVENUE FOR THE NEW MEXICO LOTTERY UP OVER 12 PERCENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016. THE LOTTERY SAYS NET SALES WERE OVER 154 MILLION DOLLARS, UP 17 MILLION FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
POWERBALL SALES MADE UP THE BULK OF THAT INCREASE. THE ROBUST POWERBALL SALES MADE UP FOR LOSSES IN SEVERAL OTHER LOTTERY GAMES SUCH AS “HOT LOTTO,” “QUICKSTERS,” AND THE “MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES CLUB.”
THE LOTTERY SENT MORE THAN 46 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE LEGISLATIVE LOTTERY SCHOLARSHIP FUND, THE HIGHEST AMOUNT IN THE LOTTERY’S 20 YEAR HISTORY.
