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• rwsmes

  

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  Delaware sold out tonight.  Maryland is the best bet right now with only half the tickets sold.  Odds are good but the price is $20 per ticket.
• Lottery Queen

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by rwsmes on Dec 28, 2006

  Delaware sold out tonight.  Maryland is the best bet right now with only half the tickets sold.  Odds are good but the price is $20 per ticket.

  Our Tickets were $20.00 too

  oh yeah the raffle will come again

  there making a killing on it!

  

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• EricinMD

  

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  I have 7 tickets in the Maryland "Countdown to Millions" raffle.  They have 4 $1 million prizes and 8 $50,000 prizes, overall odds one in 517. 

  I bought a ticket yesterday and it was numbered 232,285.  They have 420,000 to sell and now say that tickets will be sold until 6 PM on New Year's Day.   The drawing was originally going to be Dec. 31.  Does anyone know if states generally go ahead and do a drawing even if all tickets are not sold? 

   

  I'm new to this kind of game and it seems ticket sales here in MD have been slow.  Thanks!
  
• frbl

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by EricinMD on Dec 29, 2006

  I have 7 tickets in the Maryland "Countdown to Millions" raffle.  They have 4 $1 million prizes and 8 $50,000 prizes, overall odds one in 517. 

  I bought a ticket yesterday and it was numbered 232,285.  They have 420,000 to sell and now say that tickets will be sold until 6 PM on New Year's Day.   The drawing was originally going to be Dec. 31.  Does anyone know if states generally go ahead and do a drawing even if all tickets are not sold? 

   

  I'm new to this kind of game and it seems ticket sales here in MD have been slow.  Thanks!
  

  The Maryland Lottery Website says that they will be sold until sold out.  That is their original intent, anyway.  Whether they change their minds about that, I don't know.  The original rules do say that the drawing will be later if they are not sold out by Dec. 31st.  But how much longer after that will they wait before changing the rules? I don't know.  I hope they wait until after the 3rd myself.  I have one ticket and would like to buy more and can't get their from PA until the 3rd.  If they REALLY wanted to sell them they should do what Delaware did.  DE offered a free Powerball ticket with the purchase of a Raffle ticket.  MD has Mega Millions (still known by many in MD as "Big Game") so they could offer a free MegaMillions ticket if they really wanted to.

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• EricinMD

  

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  Yeah I planned to buy some more tickets too, so I kind of hope it is extended a bit.  I really think Maryland has done a poor job of promoting this new game.  I have not seen any TV commercials on it and maybe one or two radio ads.

   

  It would be nice to get something free for buying a $20 ticket.  It is a fun game anyway though and I wish I had known about Delaware's game as we drove through there this past week.

  MD Lottery is slow to update their site, never know what they are up to, but good luck to you and all in the state raffles! 
  
• Lottery Queen

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by rwsmes on Dec 28, 2006

  Delaware sold out tonight.  Maryland is the best bet right now with only half the tickets sold.  Odds are good but the price is $20 per ticket.

  Good Luck to you rwsmes

  

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• Lottery Queen

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by EricinMD on Dec 29, 2006

  Yeah I planned to buy some more tickets too, so I kind of hope it is extended a bit.  I really think Maryland has done a poor job of promoting this new game.  I have not seen any TV commercials on it and maybe one or two radio ads.

   

  It would be nice to get something free for buying a $20 ticket.  It is a fun game anyway though and I wish I had known about Delaware's game as we drove through there this past week.

  MD Lottery is slow to update their site, never know what they are up to, but good luck to you and all in the state raffles! 
  

  Good Luck EricinMD

  

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• fbird

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Lottery Queen on Dec 29, 2006

  Good Luck EricinMD

  Thank you LQ and best of luck to you ...hope one of us on this site wins one of these raffles....but...would you tell????  LOL!!!!!

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• DoubleDown

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Lottery Queen on Dec 27, 2006

  Hi DoubleDown Good To See You :-)

  Wow I thought you had to live in that

  state in order to get a raffle ticket...

  So you saying I can go to another state

  and purchase a Millionaire Raffle Ticket?

  I wish you the best of luck DoubleDown

  Hey LQ, I believe in Karma: You're good luck wish just paid off for me tonite- I just hit $1000 on a scratcher..

  Thanks !!

   

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  Quote: Originally posted by DoubleDown on Dec 29, 2006

  Hey LQ, I believe in Karma: You're good luck wish just paid off for me tonite- I just hit $1000 on a scratcher..

  Thanks !!

   

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  Awww, I am so Happy For You!

  

  What a way to bring in the New Year!

  

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• Lottery Queen

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by fbird on Dec 29, 2006

  Thank you LQ and best of luck to you ...hope one of us on this site wins one of these raffles....but...would you tell????  LOL!!!!!

  You Welcome 

  Of Course I Would tell if I am A Millionaire

  I wish I could keep a secret like that.

  I will be buying this and that LOL somebody

  gone know something giggly.

  

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• four4me

  

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  maryland's sales for the raffle are up obove 340,000 as of about noon today. 9/31/06

  Big John says. You don't hit the number. The number hits you!!!!

                 I'm not Big John, I'm Four4me, Big John's a friend.
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  Quote: Originally posted by four4me on Dec 31, 2006

  maryland's sales for the raffle are up obove 340,000 as of about noon today. 9/31/06

  I Hope you bought a few.

  

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• four4me

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by four4me on Dec 31, 2006

  maryland's sales for the raffle are up obove 340,000 as of about noon today. 9/31/06

  wow i made a big mistake about those figures.

  maryland has sold 293,000 at around 2 pm on 12/31/06 i was miss - informed

  so i expect that they might sell another 50 thousand more by tomorrow night.
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  Quote: Originally posted by four4me on Dec 31, 2006

  wow i made a big mistake about those figures.

  maryland has sold 293,000 at around 2 pm on 12/31/06 i was miss - informed

  so i expect that they might sell another 50 thousand more by tomorrow night.

  No Problem

  

  

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