Politics & Government
$1 Billion in Profit From Lottery Sales Last Year
Players in PA bought $2.3 billion in lottery tickets in 2012.
Story by Tom Coombe
Did you buy a lottery ticket last year? If so, you helped generate $2.3 billion in sales for the Pennsylvania Lottery Commission.
That’s according to the Harrisburg Patriot News, which published a detailed look inside the lottery commissionMonday.
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The story says the commission made $1 billion in profit from the sales. That profit then went to help senior citizens.
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