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Colin A. Young, State House News Service ·
January 27, 2021 at
10:00 pm
The Massachusetts Lottery saw greater sales and profit performance during the six months from July through December 2020 than it did during the same six months in pre-pandemic 2019, despite changes in consumer behavior and sharp restrictions on key Lottery venues like restaurants and pubs.
Having survived three months of depressed sales at the outset of the pandemic, the Lottery appears to have not only stabilized but found a new footing. The budget year that ended June 30 exceeded expectations and wound up as the Lottery’s third-best year in terms of revenue. And now, halfway into fiscal year 2021, sales and profit are both up compared to a year ago.