Lottery ticket sales slipping

AUSTIN, TX (KXAN) - Lotto Texas ticket sales are slipping. Sales have fallen short of covering the last two dozen jackpots.

Lottery officials say the latest jackpot of $21 million at the end of July was $1.2-million more than ticket sales to cover it.

That forced Texas Lottery Commission officials to dip into a state lottery account to make up the difference.  But they insist that won't impact the school fund that benefits from lottery sales.