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First Penn. Lottery Raffle $1 million prize claimedNews Story
A Bucks County, Pennsylvania, man has become the first to claim a $1 million top prize from the Pennsylvania Lottery's Dec. 30, 2006, Millionaire Raffle drawing. John Maier of Churchville presented his winning raffle ticket at Lottery headquarters in Middletown, Dauphin County. After examining the ticket and executing other propriety security measures, Lottery officials today confirmed that it was one of the five top-prize winning tickets from the Dec. 30 Millionaire Raffle drawing. The fi
Jan 10, 2007, 12:27 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery to offer limited-run raffle-style gameNews Story
The Maryland Lottery will add a new and completely different type of game to its product mix on November 20th with the launch of Countdown to Millions, a $20 raffle-style game. Unlike other lottery and jackpot games, Countdown to Millions offers a limited number of tickets designed to be sold in their entirety prior to awarding prizes. The game differs from other lottery and jackpot games where the total number of possible combinations seldom, if ever, sells out. As we move into the hol
Nov 18, 2006, 7:53 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Florida Lottery draws raffle winning numbersNews Story
State tries different raffle cost, prize format By Todd Northrop This afternoon the Florida Lottery conducted its eighth raffle drawing, but its first using a new lower-cost and lower top prize format. The top prize in Lucky 7 Raffle is $700,000, but hundreds of other players will win prizes ranging from $70 to the top $700,000 prize. The complete list of winning numbers for Lucky 7 Raffle can be found at Lottery Post's Florida Lottery Results page. Tickets for the raffle went on
May 5, 2011, 3:35 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Two $1M Pennsylvania Lottery raffle jackpots claimedNews Story
Two of the four top-prize winners from the Pennsylvania Lottery's Jan. 3 Millionaire Raffle drawing have come forward to claim their $1 million prizes. A complete list of the raffle's winning numbers is available on Lottery Post's Pennsylvania Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/pa). Wayne A. Smith of South Williamsport, Lycoming County, and James Kreger of Liberty, Tioga County, each won $1 million in the drawing. Smith and Kreger presented their winning tickets for validati
Jan 12, 2009, 5:17 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery's raffle tickets sold outNews Story
Drawing to be held Jan. 3 The last ticket for the Pennsylvania Lottery's Jan. 3 Millionaire Raffle was sold Saturday at 10:21 a.m. at McCunes News, 606 Central Avenue in Johnstown, Cambria County. Sales of Millionaire Raffle tickets began on Oct. 27 and were to continue until 5 p.m. on Jan. 3, or until all 500,000 tickets were sold. The winning raffle ticket numbers will be randomly selected at 7 p.m. on Jan. 3 when the Lottery's live drawing show will televise the selection of the four
Dec 28, 2008, 9:58 am - Todd - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery Millionaire Raffle resultsNews Story
The Pennsylvania Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made five instant millionaires. The winning numbers can be found here: https://www.lotterypost.com/pa-lottery-raffle-2007-12-29.asp Millionaire Raffle is a raffle game offered by the Pennsylvania Lottery, with a limited number of $20 tickets. With only 625,000 tickets sold for the raffle, Millionaire Raffle offers the best odds to win $1 million of any Pennsylvania Lottery game. This r
Dec 30, 2007, 2:04 pm - Todd - Lottery News

PA Raffle CountdownReply
YP ... all I can find now is the press release from last August from the Lottery. I assumed it would always be the last day of the quarter. I don't know what they are doing with the dates ... maybe in the last month of every quarter the drawing could be any day ... from the 1st day to the last day. Makes no sense but if they want to jump all over the place with drawing dates ... it's their raffle. 8/24/2015 Millionaire Raffle Goes Quarterly, Next Drawing October 31 Middlet
Nov 1, 2015, 12:54 pm - Crazy Wombat - Lottery Discussion Forum

Discovery - New PA Raffle Game ChangeReply
Overall payback is the percentage of the sales proceeds paid out in prizes. Alone, it can be deceiving depending on the payout table (ie. lots of large prizes with little in between), but should always be kept in mind when choosing games to play and sizes of wagers. Example, PA Pick 3 odds is 1 in 1000 and pays 500 to 1. On average, for every $1000 taken in, $500 is paid out. $500/$1000 = 50% overall payout. Most lottery numbers games, including Mega Millions and Powerball, are around 50%
Oct 16, 2015, 12:46 pm - Ron5995 - Lottery Discussion Forum

7 state lotteries join forces for multi-state raffleNews Story
Tickets on sale Sept. 8 by Todd Northrop Seven United States lotteries will offer a first-of-its-kind multi-state raffle that goes on sale in about a week. Called the Multi-state Millions Raffle (and possibly other names in the participating states), it's guaranteed to hand out $1 million prizes just how many depends on how many of the $10 tickets are sold in the participating states. All of the lotteries are looking for new ideas and new games and new things to do to generate reven
Aug 30, 2013, 4:34 pm - Todd - Lottery News

New Fla. Lottery raffle to make a millionaire every weekNews Story
By Nick Sortal A guaranteed millionaire every week, a decent holiday present and a chance to have a very happy New Year's Eve. Florida Lottery officials are betting that a new seven-week raffle series will attract players excited by at least one of those three facets of their new game, called 25th Anniversary Millionaire. The first drawing is Monday. As opposed to lottery-type games, such as Powerball and the Florida Lotto which may or may not produce a winner after a drawing a raffle c
Nov 19, 2012, 12:07 pm - Todd - Lottery News