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North Carolina Lottery launches Celebrate America Raffle to commemorate 250 yearsNews Story
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 co
May 28, 2026, 9:10 am - Todd - Lottery News

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
The Lottery hasn't updated the weekly Raffle sales data yet, but I bought a ticket this morning around 11:00, a week after the lottery's last update. My ticket was 2775xx, and the lottery's last reported was 263272. 2775xx minus 263272 equals 14228. 14228 divided by 7 equals an average of 2032 tickets drawn per day this past week. We're 89 days into the Raffle, so 2775xx divided by 89 equals 3118. 3118 times 122 (number of days in the Raffle) equals a potential total sales figure of 38
May 28, 2026, 3:23 pm - Sum Buddy - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
I've rethought my ticket buying strategy..... I decided to buy one raffle ticket per week in June. I'm gambling that there wont be a ticket buying frenzy during June. If there is a frenzy, no harm done. If there isn't one, I figured I'd be better off with more tickets in my hand than not. I stopped in a RaceTrack today and bought ticket number 2984XX. BTW I was shocked when I ordered one Florida Millionaire Raffle ticket and the clerk responded with You want MegaMillions? She had never sold
Jun 4, 2026, 4:08 pm - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

North Carolina Lottery launches Celebrate America Raffle to commemorate 250 yearsReply
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.
May 28, 2026, 4:56 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery News

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
263272 tickets sold as of 5/21. Let's work this one from the back end. 640900 tickets need to be sold just to fund all prizes (so, does not includes costs incurred by the Lottery to set up the Raffle, or associated advertising, and does not include funding for education, which is the Lottery's raison d'etre.) 640900 minus 263272 leaves 377628 tickets needing to be sold by June 30, the last day to buy tickets (40 days from now.) 377628 divided by 40 equals an average of 9440 tickets need to
May 22, 2026, 3:45 pm - Sum Buddy - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
Update from Florida Lottery: 299435 tickets sold as of 6/4. At 96 days in, that averages to 3119 sold per day. The drawing is 26 days from 6/4, and if sales hold around that average, we are looking at a potential total Raffle sales around 380529.
Jun 5, 2026, 3:01 pm - Sum Buddy - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
248156 sold as of 05/14, so only six days instead of seven between sales updates. That averages to 2625 sold per day for the past six days. Seventy-five days into Raffle sales, the average sold per day is 3308. If the average stays in this neighborhood for the entire 122 days of sales, we're looking at somewhere around 415,000 tickets sold.
May 16, 2026, 11:03 am - Sum Buddy - Lottery Discussion Forum

Rising Gas Prices and the LotteryReply
I couldn't agree more with that statement if I had to. I just happen to be in the middle of taking a break from playing the games I usually play but it's not because I'm keeping an eye on myself. It's because of that Florida Lottery Millionaire Raffle. Tickets went on sale on March 1st and cost 20 bucks a pop and the final drawing to win a million dollars isn't until July 2nd. I've been averaging buying one ticket per month. (That's not true, I bought 2 tickets in May because 40 bucks c
May 19, 2026, 1:10 pm - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
... whether or not the Florida Lottery will cut the number of winners from 10 down to a lower number due to lower sales is another thing altogether. The snip below is from the Raffle Prizes page. Looks like they only need to sell 1 ticket to award all prizes! Now that's a business plan!
May 17, 2026, 10:02 am - Sum Buddy - Lottery Discussion Forum

Rising Gas Prices and the LotteryReply
Periodically I deliberately stop playing for a while. (Could be for a month or so) It really doesn't have so much to do with the economy as much as it does me. I intentionally do it so that I know that I'm in control and not the lottery. Right now, I stopped playing regularly a couple of weeks ago. Because Florida has a raffle going on right now, (ends July 2nd) I'll probably pick up a ticket in May, or maybe in June. We'll see. G5
May 11, 2026, 10:06 am - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum