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Sales of lottery tickets steadily decreasing


J. Andrew Curliss and Dan Kane, Staff Writers
Lottery fever is fading, new numbers show.
The introduction last week of two new scratch-off games did not keep the state lottery from seeing sales decline from the previous week.

Average daily sales of scratch-off tickets have dropped every week since the games began March 30. A breakdown of the sales:

* $5.6 million per day in week 1, when tickets were sold on only three days.

* $4.1 million per day in week 2.

* $3.2 million per day in week 3.

* $2.7 million per day in week 4, which includes sales through late Saturday.

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