Wichita ? Kansas Lottery sales remain flat at a time when other states are seeing big increases, including 17 that set records last year.

Wichita-area retailers blame the Kansas slump on a weak economy and a statewide smoking ban that went into effect last year.

The Wichita Eagle reported that Kansas sold $232.4 million in lottery tickets in fiscal year 2011, which ended June 30. That was down from $235.4 million in FY 2010, but slightly higher than $230.5 million in 2009. The state’s all-time high was $240 million in 2007.

Meanwhile, a USA Today analysis found that 28 of 41 state lotteries had higher sales in FY 2011 than in the previous year, and 17 — including Missouri, which hit $1 billion in sales for the first time — set records.

Michael Choi, who owns the top Kansas Lottery outlet, Heritage Restaurant in south Wichita, estimates his lottery ticket sales have dropped 15 percent in the past few years.

Choi blames much of the drop on the smoking ban. He said smokers now spend longer amounts of time outside, reducing the time they spend indoors playing lottery games.