Fewer Than 44,400 Tickets Remain for PA Lottery's Millionaire Raffle Drawing on Saturday, July 9

More than $5 Million in Prizes Awaiting 6,000 Winners

MIDDLETOWN, Pa., July 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Fewer than 44,400 tickets remain for the July 9 Pennsylvania Lottery Millionaire Raffle that will award 6,000 prizes totaling $5,089,200 – including four $1 million top prizes and four $100,000 prizes.

"When all 500,000 tickets are sold, no more tickets will be available for purchase," said Lottery Interim Executive Director Drew Svitko. "Since our first Millionaire Raffle in 2005, we have awarded more than $60 million in prizes and we are looking forward to adding to that total."

As of shortly after 11 a.m. on July 8, only 44,348 Millionaire Raffle tickets remained. Sales of the $20 Millionaire Raffle tickets will continue until 5 p.m. on July 9 or until all 500,000 tickets are sold, whichever comes first. Tickets for the 11 previous Millionaire Raffles sold out before the drawing.

The winning raffle ticket numbers will be randomly selected at 6:59 p.m. on July 9, when the Lottery's live drawing show will televise the selection of the four $1 million raffle ticket numbers and the four $100,000 raffle ticket numbers. The selection of the remaining 5,992 winning ticket numbers will not be televised live due to time constraints.

For a complete list of winning numbers, players may check the Lottery's website at www.palottery.com on July 10.

Lottery officials remind Millionaire Raffle players to sign the back of each ticket and keep it in a safe place until the drawing.

Odds of winning a top or second-tier prize are 1-in-125,000 each; odds of winning a $1,000 prize are 1-in-5,000; and the odds of winning $100 are about 1-in-85.

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 in 1971, the Pennsylvania Lottery has contributed nearly $20.6 billion to programs that include property tax and rent rebates; free transit and reduced-fare shared rides; the low-cost prescription drug programs PACE and PACENET; long-term living services; and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging, including 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, visit www.palottery.com, log in to Facebook and like us at www.facebook.com/palottery or follow us at www.twitter.com/palottery. 

Media contact: Allison Roberts, 717-787-6960

SOURCE Pennsylvania Lottery

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