Millionaire Raffle to return

by Commissioner Gary Peters

The new year is underway and so are big plans at the Michigan Lottery.

We’ve got a great bonus prize lined up for Daily 3 players: Front Pair Payout. This promotion, which runs February 19 through March 11, will award Daily 3 players $10 when their $1 straight bet matches the first two numbers drawn.
For example, if a player’s numbers are 1-2-3 and the Lottery draws 1-2-6, the player wins $10. It’s that simple.

Odds of matching the front pair are a mere 1 in 111, meaning players will have a great chance at this extra bonus. Front Pair Payout will apply to both midday and evening drawings, straight bets only.

Immediately after the Front Pair Payout ends, we plan to launch our second Millionaire Raffle game. We are tentatively planning to begin ticket sales on March 12, with a drawing date scheduled for April 20.

As you know, our first Raffle was a huge success, with 500,000 tickets gone in just 11 days. This time around, we’ll be selling 600,000 tickets and increasing the number of corresponding prizes at each level: there will be six winners of $1,000,000 each, 12 winners of $100,000 each, and 900 winners of $1,000 each. As with the first Raffle, $1 million winners will have the choice of either the lump-sum cash payment or the 20-year annuity plan. Odds of winning this raffle will be exactly the same as the first.

You’ll receive additional information about the upcoming Millionaire Raffle from your Lottery sales rep, who will also be available to answer any questions you might have.

New instants
Jan. 29: $2 Blazing Red 7’s
Feb. 5: $1 2 For 1
Feb. 12: $2 Detroit Red Wings
Feb. 19: $20 $2,000,000 Explosion
Feb. 26: $5 Set for Life

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 2006, the contribution was $688 million.

For additional information, please visit the Lottery’s Web site at www.michigan.gov/lottery.