CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Ohio Lottery says it's on a roll, with the introduction of Powerball helping the agency post another year of record sales.
Officials say the lottery enjoyed $2.48 billion in sales during the fiscal year that ended Wednesday, up from $2.42 billion in the previous fiscal year.
Sales grew for the ninth straight year.
The lottery says it has poured $728.6 in annual profits into a state education fund.
Officials say that's the second largest profit transfer in the lottery's 36-year history.
Powerball arrived in Ohio in mid-April, becoming the state's second multistate, multimillion dollar lottery game after Mega Millions.
The state already has had two tickets matching all the winning numbers, including one in early June worth a $261.6 million jackpot.
And it will continue to grow...
That’s some welcome press for Ohio’s lottery! They need something to offset the Keno loses they are having. Yet another flagrant violation of reality.
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A: O-HI-O
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