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   Record Booze sales in Ohio:

COLUMBUS — Times may be tough, but they haven’t dried up Ohioans’ thirst for booze.
The Ohio Commerce Department on Wednesday, Aug. 19, reported that dollar sales for spirituous liquor — whiskey and other hard stuff — at the states’ 442 contract liquor agencies hit a record high $729.9 million in fiscal year 2009, which ended June 30.
That was an increase of $32.2 million — 4.61 percent — over the previous year, a press release said.
Also, the Liquor Control Division’s net profit increased to $224.2 million, a gain of $11.2 million over the previous year.
The profit margin for 2009 was 30.1 percent.

And record Lottery Sales:

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Lottery is one of the few places where the state has been making more money amid the recession.
Overall state revenue has been declining, down about 12 percent in July compared to the same month in 2008. But the Ohio Lottery Commission has reported record sales of $2.42 billion for the fiscal year that ended June 30.

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wasteful Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Citizen Joined: Jul 27 2009 Status: Offline Points: 793	Post Options Post Reply Quote wasteful Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Times are so tough Posted: Aug 20 2009 at 6:57am
	Record Booze sales in Ohio: COLUMBUS — Times may be tough, but they haven’t dried up Ohioans’ thirst for booze. The Ohio Commerce Department on Wednesday, Aug. 19, reported that dollar sales for spirituous liquor — whiskey and other hard stuff — at the states’ 442 contract liquor agencies hit a record high $729.9 million in fiscal year 2009, which ended June 30. That was an increase of $32.2 million — 4.61 percent — over the previous year, a press release said. Also, the Liquor Control Division’s net profit increased to $224.2 million, a gain of $11.2 million over the previous year. The profit margin for 2009 was 30.1 percent. And record Lottery Sales: COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Lottery is one of the few places where the state has been making more money amid the recession. Overall state revenue has been declining, down about 12 percent in July compared to the same month in 2008. But the Ohio Lottery Commission has reported record sales of $2.42 billion for the fiscal year that ended June 30.

alldaywatching Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Immigrant Joined: Aug 03 2009 Status: Offline Points: 34	Post Options Post Reply Quote alldaywatching Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 20 2009 at 11:31am
	I would bet that a good percentage af the increase is from right here in Middletown. People gotta drink away the woes of council. Not to mention the fact that are city keeps giving away our money. Set it up bartender so I can shoot it down.

Hermes Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: May 19 2009 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 1637	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hermes Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 20 2009 at 12:08pm
	The rise in drinking was probably due to the decrease of smoking. It's good news for all the big drinkers,GET DRUNK,STAY DRUNK,BUT DON'T GET CAUGHT SMOKING !!!
	No more democrats no more republicans,vote Constitution Party !!