A TURNAROUND FOR LOTTERY SALES IN NEW MEXICO IN THE LAST HALF OF 2012. SALES WERE UP 11-PERCENT FROM THE SAME PERIOD THE YEAR BEFORE...AT JUST UNDER 70-MILLION DOLLARS. LOTTERY C-E-O TOM ROMERO SAYS PART OF THAT IS DUE TO LAST NOVEMBER'S RECORD POWERBALL JACKPOT. HE SAYS POWERBALL JACKPOTS ALWAYS INCREASE SALES.
ROMERO SAYS THE INCREASED SALES WON'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM THE LOTTERY SCHOLARSHIP FUND HAS BEEN SEEING...BUT IT'LL HELP.