[VRWCmember]

but I’ll bet they make more off cigarettes and lottery tickets.

Cigarettes maybe, but lottery tickets no. The retailer gets 5 cents for every $1.00 ticket sold. Not much of a margin.

[Huck]

counting scratch offs too? All i ever see anyone buying in the local quickie mart are cigs and scratch offs and lotterty tix. i go for the zig zags.

[dmartin]

Most stores make about 25 cents on a pack of cigarettes according to my local deli owner.