Nine Days Until Lottery's 7-7-07 Millionaire Raffle Drawing

MIDDLETOWN, Pa., June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sales for the Pennsylvania Lottery's July 7 (7-7-07), Millionaire Raffle drawing will continue through 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 7, or until the 248,479 remaining tickets are sold, Lottery Executive Director Ed Trees reminded players today.

"Seven has always been a popular number for lottery players, so we decided to celebrate July 7, 2007, with a raffle drawing," said Trees. "The Lottery wants to remind those who have yet to purchase raffle tickets to act soon, as the limited number of tickets remaining will likely sell out quickly as the drawing approaches."

A total of only 625,000 tickets are available for the drawing. Each of the game's $20 tickets offers a 1-in-125,000 chance of winning $1 million -- the best odds ever offered by the Pennsylvania Lottery for winning a $1 million prize. The July 7 raffle drawing will award five top prizes of $1 million, five $100,000 cash prizes, 200 prizes of $1,000 cash and 7,567 prizes of $100 cash. A total of 7,777 prizes worth $6,456,700 will be awarded.

The winning raffle ticket numbers will be randomly selected at 7 p.m. on July 7, when the Lottery's live drawing show will televise the selection of the five, $1 million, top-prize raffle ticket numbers and the five, $100,000, second-prize raffle ticket numbers. The remaining 7,767 winning ticket numbers will also be selected, but will not be televised live due to time constraints. A complete list of all 7,777 winning Raffle ticket numbers will be available the following day on the Lottery Web site, http://www.palottery.com/ , and at Lottery retailers.

Each Millionaire Raffle ticket contains a unique, eight-digit raffle number issued sequentially across the commonwealth from the Lottery's central computer, starting with raffle ticket number 00000001. The last raffle ticket issued for the game will contain the raffle ticket number 00625000. The eight-digit raffle number printed on the ticket must match the eight-digit raffle number combination selected in the drawing -- in the exact sequence in which it was selected -- to be considered a winning ticket and to be entitled to a Millionaire Raffle prize.

Odds of winning a $1 million top prize are 1-in-125,000; odds of winning a $100,000 prize are 1-in-125,000; odds of winning a $1,000 prize are 1-in- 3,125; and the odds of winning $100 are 1-in-83. The overall odds of winning any prize are 1-in-80.

About the Pennsylvania Lottery: The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the only state lottery that designates all its proceeds to programs that benefit older residents. Since its inception 35 years ago, the Pennsylvania Lottery has contributed more than $16.5 billion to programs that include property tax and rent rebates; free and reduced-fare transit; the low-cost prescription drug programs PACE and PACENET; and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging, including 650 full- and part-time senior centers throughout the state. The Pennsylvania Lottery reminds its players to play responsibly. Players must be 18 or older.

For more information on the Pennsylvania Lottery, visit http://www.palottery.com/ .

CONTACT: Stephanie Weyant of the Pennsylvania Lottery Revenue Press
Office, +1-717-787-6960

Web site: http://www.palottery.com/