As economic uncertainty and an expanding menu of gambling options send lottery sales into a slide in Massachusetts and across the country, officials here are thinking about making changes to &#8220… ...

The sharp downward trend, according to Mass Lottery Executive Director Mark William Bracken, can be traced directly to the size — or rather the lack thereof — of the jackpots made available ...

Since 2020, the percent of firms reporting positive sales trends has trended downward (Chart 1). Reports of gains rose strongly between 2016 and 2019 but ...

Sweeney is still closely watching a trend that caught the Lottery's attention before the pandemic took hold -- jackpots for the multi-state draw games that tend to be among the most profitable for the ...

A post-holiday spike in Covid-19 cases, snow and the dearth of major jackpots conspired to drive down state lottery tickets sales last month, state lottery officials reported.

Sales were down but net profit was up at the Mass. Lottery last month, officials said Tuesday, as the source of key local aid continues roughly on par with last year's record-setting level.

The opening of Plainridge Park Casino, the sole slot parlor in Massachusetts, did not ding state lottery sales, according to new report from UMass Amherst.

Lottery ticket sales dipped in December by nearly $1 million below last year’s total – a drop Lottery officials attribute to two snowstorms that kept buyers out of stores.

Lottery sales in August were down $35.9 million or 6.4 percent compared to August 2021, Interim Executive Director Mark William Bracken told the Lottery Commission, and every product except one ...

Instant tickets — which Lottery Commission Executive Director Michael Sweeney described as a "core driver" — are down $29.8 million in fiscal 2017 through Oct. 29 compared to a year earlier ...