Lottery ticket sales slipping Officials: Lagging sales won't affect school fund Updated: Saturday, 07 Aug 2010, 9:12 PM CDT Published : Saturday, 07 Aug 2010, 9:11 PM CDT 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...