The return of Super Raffle

by Tom Weber, Acting Lottery Commissioner

With the new year upon us, the Lottery is kicking things off with another Super Raffle game.

As you may recall, the first Super Raffle, in May 2007, was an astonishing success. All 250,000 tickets, priced at $50 each, were sold in just two and a half days.

Our second Super Raffle, with the same number of tickets and price point, was offered in September, and those tickets sold out as well. Both Super Raffles were big wins for the Lottery, as they were for our retailers and players.

On February 4, the third Super Raffle game, with tickets at $50 each, will launch. Like the previous two, the game will offer the best odds ever—1 in 55—to win at least $500. The prize structure will include two grand prizes of $2 million each (annuitized), 25 prizes of $100,000 each, and 4,500 prizes of $500 each.

This is a great ticket for you, our retailer partners, because you earn $3 commission on every ticket sold. And for the lucky retailers who sell the top two prize-winning tickets, there is a $5,000 commission.

Your players will want to take advantage of this great opportunity to win a lot of green. And with that in mind, the Super Raffle drawing will be no earlier than March 17, St. Patrick’s Day.

Lucky retailers

The American Idol instant ticket offers exciting incentives to players and retailers. A new second chance drawing has been added, along with an independent retailer sales promotion. One lucky retailer will win a trip for two to Las Vegas, and six other retailers will receive $100 worth of promo tickets.

Over 95 cents of every dollar spent on Lottery tickets is returned to the state in the form of contributions to the state School Aid Fund, prizes to players and commissions to retailers. In fiscal year 2007, the contribution to schools was $748.9 million. Since its inception in 1972, the Lottery has contributed more than $14.3 billion to education in Michigan.

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