by Commissioner Gary Peters

Player City, the Lottery’s online VIP club, recently went to the dogs! The Lucky Dog photo contest, through which players could submit photos of their dog in a competition to be on an upcoming Lottery instant ticket, was an overwhelming success. Over 1,000 photos were submitted, with seven canines selected to be a “Lucky Dog.”

The Lucky Dog instant game is scheduled for launch in mid-April. Visit Playercity.net to see the seven lucky dogs for yourself.

In the online games area, fans of the Michigan Lottery’s Daily 3 and Daily 4 games can double their chances of winning with the new “Straight Back Bonus” promotion going on now through March 26.

Straight-bet players who match their numbers to the drawn number “straight back” in reverse order will win a bonus payout. For example, if a person plays a straight bet with the numbers 2-4-6 and the Lottery draws 6-4-2, that player wins $100 if the wager was $1 and $50 if the wager was 50 cents.

Retailers should have plenty of the new $2 instant tickets—Detroit Red Wings and Pac Man Cash—in their inventory.

Detroit Red Wings has top prizes of $20,000 and three second-chance drawings. Each drawing will award one grand prize of a National Hockey League dream trip, in which the winner can choose an all-expense-paid home-game getaway package, a road-trip getaway package or a Sony 42-inch widescreen LCD television.

Each drawing will also award 185 prize packs of Red Wings/NHL merchandise.

Instructions on how to enter the Second Chance Bonus Drawing appear on the back of the Red Wings tickets.

When we first introduced Pac Man Cash in September 2005, sales took off. Given that history, this latest version is sure to be just as popular.

In addition to top prizes of $20,000, players can instantly win one of 30 Pac-Man Arcade games.

All proceeds from the Lottery are contributed to the state School Aid Fund which supports kindergarten through 12th grade public education in Michigan. In fiscal year 2005, the contribution was $667.6 million. For additional information, please visit the Lottery’s Web site at www.michigan.gov/lottery.

All proceeds from the Lottery are contributed to the state School Aid Fund which supports kindergarten through 12th grade public education in Michigan. In fiscal year 2005, the contribution was $667.6 million. For additional information, please visit the Lottery’s website at www.michigan.gov/lottery.