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Tickets for the New York Lottery's newest game go on sale today.

Sweet Million is a lotto game in which players choose 6 numbers from a pool of 40 (a "6/40" game).  The top prize for matching all 6 numbers is $1 million cash.

Drawings are every Monday and Thursday at 9:30 p.m.  The winning numbers will be published at Lottery Post's New York Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/ny) within minutes of the drawing.

Players can win prizes by matching 3 or more numbers out of the 6 number drawn. All prizes are awarded as lump-sum cash, minus applicable taxes, of course.

Available Prizes and Odds

The overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 29.92

Replaces the retiring Super 7 game

First drawing of Lotto Max:  Friday, Sept. 25

The game Canada lottery players have been waiting a long time for will soon be here!

The new nation-wide Lotto Max game starts today, Sept. 19, 2009, with the first drawing held on Friday, Sept. 25, 2009.

Lotto Max, which replaces the retiring Super 7 game, will offer additional $1 million prizes once the jackpot exceeds $50 million.  Like Super 7, Lotto Max will have draws every Friday evening.

Tickets will cost $5 for a three-game play.  (The out-going Super 7 costs $2 per play, as does the current Lotto 6/49 game.)

"Lotto Max will give Canadians just what they have been asking for: high jackpots and more million dollar prizes," said British Columbia Lottery Corporation Vice president of Lottery Gaming and Interprovincial Lottery Corporation President Jim Lightbody. Speaking on behalf of Canada's five lottery corporations, Mr. Lightbody added that, "Lotto Max is an exceptional lottery game, whose Maxmillions prizes are about to transform the country's lottery landscape."

The new lottery game offers players a chance at winning jackpots that start at $10 million and can rise to $50 million. Once the jackpot exceeds $50 million, Lotto Max goes into Maxmillions mode, with the jackpot remaining at $50 million and the excess shared in a series of $1 million Maxmillions prizes.

All Maxmillions will have their own individual draws and sets of winning numbers.

The Lotto Max game will be run by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation which works with the five lottery corporations owned by provincial governments.

Game details

• Draws every Friday starting September 25.
• Players obtain 3 seven-number selections for $5.
• To win the jackpot, players must hold all seven numbers (from 1 to 49) of the winning combination.
• The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 28,633,528 per play.
• The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 6.6 per play.
• If the jackpot is not won, it is rolled over to the next draw. When the $50 million threshold has been reached, Maxmillions draws begin.
• The minimum jackpot is $10 million and rises until someone wins or until it reaches $50 million.

Prize Structure

Note: Maxmillions prize only applicable during Maxmillions draws when main jackpot is $50 million.

First Day of Autumn

Update: Drawing date changed to Sept. 30

Michigan holds its 13th raffle drawing September 16, 2009 September 30, 2009.

Lucky 7s raffle tickets cost $10 each, and only 1,000,000 tickets will be sold at all Lottery terminals across Michigan beginning July 6, 2009.

Each ticket sold will contain a unique seven-digit number from 0000001 to 1000000.

19,820 Lucky 7s tickets will be randomly selected to win the following prizes:

• 2 grand prizes of $700,000 each (1 in 500,000)
• 18 prizes of $70,000 each (1 in 55,556)
• 1,800 prizes of $700 each (1 in 556)
• 18,000 prizes of $70 each (1 in 56)

The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 50.

• Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased 7 days a week at any online or Club Keno retailer
• Tickets will be printed in numerical order as issued
• No additional tickets will be available for purchase when all 1,000,000 tickets are sold
• Tickets will be easy picks only; players cannot pick their own numbers
• Tickets cannot be cancelled and multi-draw wagers are not available
• Ticket sales will end no later than 1:59 a.m. on the day of the drawing
• There will be only one drawing on or after September 16, 2009
• Player must match their numbers in exact order to those drawn by the Lottery
• Players must have their original Lucky 7s Raffle ticket to claim their prize
• Prizes must be claimed within one year of draw date
• Winning numbers will be posted on Lottery Post's Michigan Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/mi) after the drawing
• $700 prizes may be claimed at any Michigan Lottery office or licensed claim center
• $700,000 and $70,000 prize winners must call the Lottery's Public Relations Division at (517) 373-1237 to schedule an appointment to claim their prize