By Todd Northrop
BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Lottery conducted its annual $1,000,000 Raffle drawing Wednesday evening, and created one instant millionaire.
The winning numbers are available at Lottery Post's Idaho Lottery Results page.
In addition to the $1 million top prize, there were four winners of $25,000, 250 winners of $250, 500 winners of $100, and 1,750 winners of $50. All prizes are lump-sum cash payments.
A total of 250,000 tickets were available for the raffle at the price of $10 apiece. Sales of Raffle tickets began Oct. 15, 2010, and all the tickets were sold prior to the drawing.
About 26 percent of the game — or 64,000 tickets — were sold in the seven days before the last ticket was bought.
The Raffle drawing took place at 6:00 p.m. MT this evening.
Prize claims
Players can validate $250, $100, and $50 prizes at any open Idaho Lottery retail location on Wednesday night, or all Lottery retail locations when they open for business on Thursday morning.
"We are strongly encouraging all our players to sign the back of their raffle ticket prior to tonight's draw," said Anderson. "These tickets are bearer instruments and we want to ensure each player protects their play."
The $1,000,000 prize and the four $25,000 prizes must be claimed at the Lottery offices in Boise.
Players wishing to claim their prizes at Idaho Lottery Headquarters in Boise should note that Idaho Lottery offices will be open during regular business hours on Thursday, December 31, 2010 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Time. The Lottery will be closed on January 1, 2011 for New Year's Day and will re-open again on Monday, January 3, 2011 at 8 a.m.
Prizes must be claimed within 180 days of the drawing date.
Yea,but it was not me,boo.
ONE 1 million dollar prize?? I thought Florida was lame.
Congrats to the winners, I love raffles....
You're comparing the state of Idaho to Florida, which has a population that is several multiples higher?? Do you understand how raffles work?
A $1 million prize for an Idaho raffle is excellent.
Yeah, you're right. I bet money goes a longer way there. I love raffles and waffles! He..he.
Has anyone noticed their dates in the last paragraph are one year behind?
I think Florida has 20 million and we in Idaho have about 2 million,I think a one million raffle is a very good jackpot for us.
Thank you Todd
Say Todd I am new here, do you do any posting on the hot lotto?
There are definitely Hot Lotto predictions posted. You can find them on the Predictions page, by clicking your state and then selecting the date of the drawing.
Maybe you'll also post your picks?
Here a direct link to the Idaho predictions page for this Saturday (sorted by Game Name):
https://www.lotterypost.com/predictions-state.asp?o=game&s=ID&d=1/1/2011