 Quick check of New England business. Officials are starting to do the happy dance as the lottery is running on pace with last year's record-setting sales and profits. The latest numbers show even though sales are down a little bit for the month of May, we're not winning as much and therefore payouts are lower. With just a month to go this fiscal year, profits at the lottery, which are shared with all the cities and towns in the state, stand at just over $1 billion.