Most state lottery raffle games sold out

Comment #20

Litebets27 — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:38:06 GMT

No. I brought a few earlier in December that were numbered below 096,000.

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Comment #19

ayenowitall — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:39:13 GMT

Kentucky's raffle game tickets go on sale tomorrow. The ticket price is $10 each. There will be two $1,000,000 prizes, two $50,000 prizes, thirty $10,000 prizes, and seven hundred $500 prizes. Only 500,000 tickets will be sold. I plan to buy one ticket first thing tomorrow. It's totally luck, but my luck will be as good as anybody's. I guess it's worth a shot.

Comment #18

rdc137 — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:48:27 GMT

I thought the numbers were running backwards.

Comment #17

Litebets27 — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:20:44 GMT

I picked up a ticket today which was numbered under 300,000.

Looks like Maryland has a ways to go.

Still haven't heard if the drawing will go off as planned.

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Comment #16

Todd — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 20:29:57 GMT

New Jersey raffle results are now online - https://www.lotterypost.com/nj-lottery-raffle-2006.asp

Comment #15

EricinMD — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:25:02 GMT

Yes four4me and Todd, Maryland has not had much publicity on the Countdown to Millions game. They have a total of 420,000 tickets to sell and the sales have been slow. I have bought several and each time was surprised at how low the number was. The $20 price is a factor, although I see plenty of people spending more than $20 on pick three and pick four when I go to buy tix.

The MD lottery site says that tickets will be sold until 6 PM on New Year's Day, but no update on the drawing date... [ More ]

Comment #14

Tarzan — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 04:19:24 GMT

How much are Indiana's raffle tickets and what are their prizes? Any LP members from there that wants a SC ticket for a Indiana ticket? PM me if so. Good Luck

Comment #13

chasingadream — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 04:03:55 GMT

i said the same thing about south carolina's raffle. SC is selling 1millions tickets.....WHY? If they'd followed in Ga's footsteps and sold them for $20 a tkt and sold half as many i think it would have sold better than it has thus far.....

Comment #12

LckyLary — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 01:34:43 GMT

The reason a Lottery offers an annuity is obvious. It's cheaper. They could have offered a $2M annuity on the $1M cash value top prize. I have mine for nj, and when in MD PA I didn't buy because I only wanted one and the $500 prize doesn't need to go through a Claim Form. I don't know if in PA you win $1000 it becomes about $600 after taxes or something. I am not sure how they use their RNG to pick the numbers.. what happens if the RNG picks the same # twice, does someone win two prizes or doe... [ More ]

Comment #11

four4me — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:59:23 GMT

Todd i think the reason for slow sales is the people who do the advertising pulled the plug about two/ three months ago. Went out of buisness or something to that effect. in either event the lottery has air time on all maryland tv and radio shows. but i only catch the add for the raffle intermitantly.

Rdc137 maryland rakes in about a 1 1/2 million bucks every day on their other games. But the advertising for this game is sparce there are limited posters and no bill boards with the raffle pos... [ More ]

Comment #10

rdc137 — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:49:54 GMT

Personally I think Maryland is selling too many tickets for their raffle. They are a small state and probably would've been better off selling a maximum of 300K.

Comment #9

DoubleDown — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:49:51 GMT

Hey Michigan players -- Raise some Hell with your lottery commission !!!

The MI lottery has all the raffle money up front- why are they offering annuities ?

DD

Comment #8

Todd — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:49:23 GMT

Most United States raffle games award one or more million-dollar prizes as well as several smaller prizes.

Comment #7

CASH Only — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:47:20 GMT

While the article says all raffle states have a top prize of $1m, it's $250,000 in Delaware. The top prize in the Michigan raffle is annuitized.

Comment #6

Todd — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:47:05 GMT

Both Maryland and South Carolina seem to be treating their raffles like a well-guarded secret. I did a bunch of news searches and regular internet searches to compile the information in this news story, and I did not come upon anything from either state. It's all about the marketing! I know that Michigan, for example, does a pretty good job of marketing, hence the sell-out.

That would be ridiculous if Maryland couldn't sell out their raffle. That should never happen! (Four4me, I complete... [ More ]

Comment #5

Litebets27 — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:44:27 GMT

Thanks four4me, I was wondering if they would still have the drawing as planned. I think I will pickup a few more also.

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Comment #4

four4me — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:04:38 GMT

tickets are still for sale in Maryland.

Seems like they are a little over half sold. According to a ticket agent i visit the drawing will still take place as scheduled.

Knowing this i might buy a second ticket. Since the odds are reduced some.

Comment #3

DoubleDown — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:14:30 GMT

South Carolina also has tickets available....

Comment #2

Todd — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 13:50:33 GMT

Yes

Comment #1

ochoop17 — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 13:24:29 GMT

I've have mine NJ raffle ticket. Do you have your?

Good luck and a Happy New Year

Most state lottery raffle games sold out

Lottery Post — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 05:18:55 GMT

Around the United States, Christmastime raffle games have become the hottest ticket of the year, with most of the game tickets selling out well before the drawing date.

The raffle games are loosely modeled after the largest lottery game in the world, Spain's El Gordo, which gives back an unusually large 70% of all proceeds in the form of prizes, and makes many instant millionaires.

Unlike traditional lotto-style games, a fixed number of tickets are sold for raffle games, and the prizes are... [ More ]