Scratch card sales on the rise

By a Staff Reporter

THE STATE lottery will launch a new scratch-card ‘Mr Bingo’ on November 1, which will be officially announced within the next two weeks, the Finance Ministry said in a brief statement yesterday. Scratch card sales are expected to rise by 24 per cent this year. Lottery scratch card sales totaled £32 million in 2001, up from £26.5 million in 2000.