Illinois Lottery Reveals New Instant Games

MONOPOLY™ mirrors classic board game

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Mar 13, 2014, 01:29 ET

CHICAGO, March 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Illinois Lottery released new instant games this month. Neon 9s, Lucky Green, Casino Cashword and MONOPOLY games offer players a chance to win big prizes ranging from $9,000 to $250,000. These four games join popular instant games like The MS Project and ongoing numbers games like Hit or Miss.

The classic and beloved board game MONOPOLY is now available in the form of a lottery ticket! This new $5 MONOPOLY game packs the fun of the board game into an instant ticket and offers top prizes of $250,000. Overall odds of winning a prize on MONOPOLY are 1-in-3.99.

Neon 9s is a $1 game that gives players the chance to win up to $9,000. Overall odds of winning a prize on Neon 9s are 1-in-4.87.

Who needs a four leaf clover when you have a Lucky Green instant ticket? The new $2 instant game has top prizes of $20,000 and gives players 10 chances to win. Overall odds of winning a prize on Lucky Green are 1-in-4.66.

Players can pocket even more cash with Casino Cashword. This $3 instant ticket features four different designs and offers $50,000 top prizes. Overall odds of winning a prize on Casino Cashword are 1-in-3.78.

Players can purchase Neon 9s, Lucky Green, Casino Cashword and MONOPOLY games at more than 8,200 Lottery retailers statewide.

About Illinois Lottery
Founded in 1974, the Illinois Lottery has contributed over $18 billion to the state's Common School Fund to assist K-12 public schools, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars to the Capital Projects Fund and to special causes like Illinois Veterans, the fight against breast cancer, MS research, and assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS. In addition to playing in-store, the Illinois Lottery offers online and mobile play for Mega Millions, Powerball and Lotto at illinoislottery.com. Players must be at least 18 years old.

The MONOPOLY name and logo, the distinctive design of the game board, the four corner squares, the MR. MONOPOLY name and character, as well as each of the distinctive elements of the board and playing pieces are trademarks of HASBRO for its property trading game and game equipment. ©1935, 2014 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved. Licensed by Hasbro.

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