Statewide Iowa — July is the last month of what has already been a record-setting fiscal year for the Iowa Lottery.
Lottery CEO Matt Strawn says people found lottery games a safe thing to do in the pandemic with scratch tickets leading the way.
Speaking during the recent Lottery Board meeting, Strawn talked about the impact of scratch ticket sales on the bottom line.
The sale of national lotto games did come back some after suffering during the pandemic.
Strawn says the lotto games have not returned to previous levels.
Strawn says the poor performance of the lotto games is cause for concern.
Strawn says efforts are being made to bolster the national lotto games with things like expanding the number of weekly drawings.
