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Lottery results for Powerball, Florida Lotto, Fantasy 5

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 08:40 PM PDT

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Lottery has record scratch-off sales month in September

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 06:40 AM PDT

You folks must have been itching like crazy in September because you sure did a lot of scratching.

According to the Florida Lottery, scratch-off ticket sales topped $186 million last month, setting a record for September sales. It beat the old record of just under $173 million, set in 2007, by 7.8 percent.

Those sales generated about $35 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund.

The Florida Lottery awarded $131 million in scratch-off prizes during the month.

The Florida Lottery offers more than 40 scratch-off games at any given time through instant ticket vending machines and on-counter displays at 13,200 retailers statewide. Scratch-off games are an important part of the Lottery's portfolio of games, making up approximately 56 percent of all sales Scratch-off tickets generated more than $420 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund in fiscal year 2010-11, spokeswoman Connie Barnes said.