Online-only raffle to honor 250-year milestone
By Kate Northrop
As the United States celebrates a quarter-millennium of independence, the North Carolina Lottery is joining the nationwide commemoration with a special Celebrate America Raffle, featuring prize amounts that honor the milestone.
North Carolina lottery players can now participate in a patriotic celebration with the exclusive Celebrate America Raffle, honoring the United States' 250th anniversary with a limited number of commemorative tickets.
It's the United States' big 250th year, and that means more chances to celebrate across industries throughout the nation. State lotteries aren't letting that opportunity pass by.
At $10 per ticket, players have a chance to win big in one of three different prize tiers in the Celebrate America Raffle, with the number 250 coming up everywhere you look.
The first 20 tickets drawn in the raffle will win the top prize of $2,500. The following 250 tickets drawn will win the second-tier $250 prize, and then finally, the final 2,000 tickets drawn will win a $25 prize.
In total, the raffle will produce 2,270 winners. Tickets can only be purchased through the North Carolina Lottery's website or mobile app — they will not be available at retailers.
Ticket sales began on May 26 and will continue through July 30 or until all 25,000 tickets have been sold.
If all tickets are sold, the odds of winning a prize are 1 in 11.
Maybe my lottery fatigue, but IMHO $10 ticket for a paltry pay-out not worth it!
I'm guessing N. Carolina has a Daily 4 game. Why not just buy 4 different 2-Way (Straight and boxed for 1$) tickets and save the $6 extra bucks and not worry about the $25 prizes?
These raffles are not that popular with regular lottery players. We are set in our ways and raffles are not what we are looking for.
Maybe the NC Lottery is fishing in a different stream, and looking to attract people who are not regular lottery players. The prizes do seem a little puny, though, and with only a 9% chance of hitting a small prize, I'd probably pass, too.
Not too sure about that. I don't buy raffle tickets but take a look at the number of replies in the Florida raffle thread in Discussions.
Ditto to what he said above. G5
I agree. When Louisiana does raffles, they are for $1million at $10/ticket. That's a much better deal.