Gus Malkieh, manager of M & S Carry Out in Columbus, said the store may have to hire additional clerks to handle the lottery. Cohen said strong sales supported the $14 million jump for the game that has two drawings a week. Saturday's $70 million jackpot is the result of 13 consecutive drawings without a winner. In comparison, sales were $3 million on March 24 alone, when the prize was $16 million. Sales just on Wednesday were projected to reach $8 million, Cohen said. Sales for the drawing totaled $13 million.
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drawing, the Ohio Lottery was selling Super Lotto Plus tickets at a rate about $23,000 per minute, said lottery spokesman Mike Bycko. It was not unusual, he said, for a typical player to wager at least $10.īefore the 7:30 p.m. "I would say it's a little busier than normal. With Ohio about to join a multistate game that predicts jackpots averaging $80 million, the record Super Lotto Plus prize didn't seem to generate as much excitement as anticipated.Īlan Cox, 34, assistant manager at a Discount Drug Mart in Lakewood, a Cleveland suburb, said the store's Super Lotto business was consistent but not overwhelming Wednesday. Her enthusiasm wasn't dampened by the fact that the Ohio Lottery's top prize is overshadowed by prospects of even larger jackpots on the horizon.
"I'm so excited right now, I'm going to sit down with the phone book and call everybody I know," she said. No tickets had the right combination of six numbers Wednesday night, meaning Saturday night's Super Lotto Plus drawing will be $70 million, lottery spokeswoman Mardele Cohen said.
CLEVELAND (AP) - The biggest prize ever offered in an Ohio Lottery game, $56 million, is getting even bigger.
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