CLEVELAND, April 13 (UPI) -- U.S. consumers in many states are spending less on lottery tickets, a sign there is less pocket change to use for gambling, a national lottery spokesman said.
"The economy probably has affected lottery sales the way its affected all discretionary spending," David Gale of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries told USA Today.
In California, lottery ticket sales fell 5 percent in 2008. Quarterly sales for Indiana's Hoosier Lottery fell 10 percent compared to a year ago, while sales in Iowa have fallen 4 percent over the last three quarters due to "a double whammy" of rising unemployment and floods, spokeswoman Mary Neubauer said....