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• Bulk Purchasing Law

• Bucks for Books

• Lottery Equipment Upgrade

• Celebrate America’s 250th

• Idaho Cash Winner

PONG, CENTIPEDE AND ASTEROIDS

The Idaho Lottery has a message for everyone who ever said nothing good could ever come from playing video games: Level up, Idaho! The decade that introduced big hair, MTV, and the Rubik’s Cube into American culture, also brought us classic video arcade games! The video game revolution started with the iconic Pong from Atari and featured classics like Centipede and Asteroids. Coincidentally, these three giant video games from the ‘80s are the new feature Scratch games from the Idaho Lottery. It’s old school cool with top prizes that reach all the way to $100,000! Retro fun, rad cash.

Pong, the classic game that started it all, is a $2 game where players can win up to $10,000. The game features ten chances bouncing back and forth between two paddles to win prizes. Players who reveal an Atari symbol win the prize for that line. Players who reveal 2X symbol win double the prize for that line.

Centipede, the $5 Scratch Game, features all the classic symbols of the great ‘80s arcade game with Winning Numbers under the centipede and has players match to Your Numbers under the mushrooms, spider, and shooter. Match numbers and win the prize shown. Reveal the Atari symbol and win the prize shown automatically, up to the top prize of $50,000.

Sci-fi was king of the box office in the ‘80s and perhaps no sci-fi themed video game was bigger than Asteroids Guiding your own spaceship through a field of galactic space rocks like Han Solo while blasting the asteroids into bits of space dust was one of the biggest thrill rides of the decade. Now, blasting those same Asteroids could win your players $100,000 in the $10 game.

BULK PURCHASING LAW BEGINS JULY 1ST

A new law to curb bulk purchasing of Lottery products takes effect on July 1, 2026. Bulk purchases are the purchase of lottery tickets exceeding $5,000 within a 24-hour period by any person or persons acting in concert with one another. This could be at your store; it could be across multiple stores. The limit is $5,000 in a 24-hour period.

If you encounter someone, or a group, attempting to buy in bulk, the Idaho Lottery would like you to follow the three “I” principal: Identify, Inquire, Inform.

Identify

Does the player, or players, ask if you have any quantity (large or small) of game tickets that are close to selling out that have a large top prize remaining? Do they ask you for every ticket you have for that game? Do they ask to buy entire packs? Do they ask you to order additional packs?

Inquire

And if the ticket is a non-winner? They still can win! Players reveal an 8-digit alpha-numeric code under the joystick on every non-winning ticket to enter for a chance to win a monthly prize of $1,000. Players enter the code and play a classic Atari game to reveal the number of their entries. They may even get on the leaderboard! Entries are only good for the month they are entered. The monthly drawings will continue until all Atari games have ended.

Crank up the classic rock all the way, break out the neon and jean jacket, and ride the nostalgia wave to win up to $100,000.

If the purchase looks suspicious, or seems out of the ordinary or routine, ask questions like, “Have you been to any other stores?” “Have you visited the store across the street?” “Have you had luck ﬁnding tickets in other stores, or other parts of Idaho?”

MONTHLY 2ND CHANCE PRIZE OF $1,000!

Inform

If you have reason to suspect a player or players may be trying to buy in bulk, contact Idaho Lottery Security at 208-334-2277. If you see something, say something.

As the retailer, you are our ﬁrst line of defense to stop bulk purchasing practices. Be aware and identify if something is suspicious. Ask questions, inquire about other buying activity, and inform the Lottery by contacting Security.

Greetings,

Two hundred and ﬁfty years ago this month, 56 brave patriots gathered in the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia as members of the Second Continental Congress from thirteen colonies and created one of the most famous documents in world history: the United States Declaration of Independence, the document that founded our country.

As we celebrate this monumental event, we are reminded of the many things that make America a great country as well as the opportunities our freedoms provide. Like those patriots in 1776, today’s opportunities and subsequent success are often born from hard work, self-sacriﬁce, and dedication to the cause we all believe in.

In this respect, your businesses and our operations share this commonality. Collaboratively we work together for the common good – the success of your businesses means more support of public education in the schools just down the street from your stores.

Our country was founded in the hope of a dream: a dream of ﬁnancial freedom, a dream to be responsible for ourselves. Hard work is most often the bridge between turning dreams into a reality. And while hard work can never be replaced, occasionally, opportunity in the form of Lottery luck has a role in making a new reality feel like the dream.

So, please join the Idaho Lottery in celebrating our country and the opportunities it provides for your business and our beneﬁciaries’ success. Working hard together, we can turn Idaho’s dreams for a better tomorrow into our reality.

Happy 250th America!

Andrew Arulanandam Director

BUCKS FOR BOOKS YEAR END SUCCESS

While autumn elicits memories of back to school and the promise of a new school year, summer is when schools evaluate their success from the previous year. Last year, the Idaho Lottery delivered

interested in and increasing their ability to read for pleasure. This was a very beneﬁcial award for our school.”

Several award recipients noted the impact that new books had on families reading together at home and parent engagement. Daryl Lemost from Marsing School District shared his story about the impact of new nonfiction books. “The biggest success was the response by parents to the nonfiction titles. The nonfiction titles seemed to be a point of interest for many parents and students, especially the Ranger Rick collection pertaining to the lives of animals. I had one mother tell me that her son wanted to read a Ranger Rick book on bison over five times!”

Schools also reported that the new library books created a culture of reading for both students and staff. Eva Polizzi, the librarian from Inspire Connections Academy, said, “Our Library and Children's Literature collaboration group doubled in size this year and has definitely started to develop the reading culture at our whole school!” Bucks for Books is done in collaboration and cooperation with the Idaho Commission for Libraries. Each year starting in mid August, schools may apply for awards that are distributed from $1,000 to $3,000 and may only be used for new book acquisitions. Now having completed seven full years, the Idaho Lottery has supported 152 schools for a total of $396,000. Bucks for Books is just one additional way the Lottery continues to fulfill its mission of benefitting Idaho public schools.

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LOTTERY EQUIPMENT UPGRADE

Introducing the new software upgrade for your Idaho Lottery equipment: Lotos X. Coming this August, Lotos X, or L10, is a signiﬁcant Lottery software and equipment upgrade. The upgrade will provide enhanced machine performance that is faster and more efﬁcient.

In addition to a smoother operating platform, Photon X terminals will replace your existing terminals, and vending machines will all be refurbished with operational improvements.

Think of it as upgrading your smart phone to the latest, fastest, better version.

On August 23, the Idaho Lottery will institute a system wide software download with the new Lotos X operating platform to your existing terminals. Once the software download is complete, teams from the Idaho Lottery’s operational vendor Intralot will begin canvassing the Gem State replacing your old Photon terminals with the new, faster Photon X terminals. The time needed to replace your in-store equipment will be less than an hour. The entire terminal equipment replacement process is expected to last between 4 to 6 weeks.

Concurrently, Intralot will begin a process of refurbishing all existing Dream Touch and Dream Touch Smart vending machines. This process is expected to last until December.

The entire upgrade and replacement process is designed to be smooth and effortless for the retailer as teams arrive and exchange your equipment.

The new Photon X terminals do look different; however, the user interface is very similar and fundamentally operates like your existing machine, only faster.

Training modules will be provided for store staff.

Your Lottery Sales Representative will keep you updated on when you can expect your equipment to be replaced.

CELEBRATE AMERICA’S 250TH!

There are only a few things that are as patriotic as hot dogs, apple pie, and ﬁreworks on the 4th of July.

Two of those patriotic items are the America250 in Idaho and BBQ Bucks Scratch tickets! Both games are $5 per ticket and both come with amazing prizes.

America250 in Idaho is loaded with $25 and $250 prizes, plus an explosive top prize of $25,000.

BBQ Bucks offers a delicious $50,000 top prize and non-winning tickets can be entered for a chance to win one of six, $500 meat packages from Double R Ranch through the Lottery’s VIP Club!

Tell your players to celebrate their backyard barbeques this holiday with friends, family, ﬁreworks, and two amazing games – America250 in Idaho and BBQ Bucks!

“HONEY, I WON THE LOTTERY!”

“If I win the Lottery, I split the winnings with my wife,” Stan Mikesell told Lottery ofﬁcials in early June when he arrived to claim a $52,200 Idaho Cash jackpot. It’s a longstanding agreement the couple has had for decades.

When Mike discovered he had the winning ticket, he yelled to his wife, “Hey, honey, I won the Lottery!” She yelled back, “Great, we can split two bucks.”

Becoming a big winner often takes time to convince others of your newfound success. But Stan had to go an extra mile to prove it to her.

“I had to convince her. I showed her the ticket and that it matched all the numbers. She didn’t believe me. I scanned it on my phone with the Lottery app and showed it to her. She thought it was AI,” laughed Stan when explaining the lengths he went to prove he was holding a jackpot winner. “I ﬁnally called one of our kids and had them scan the ticket with their phone. When it turned up the same result, a big winner, then she ﬁnally became less skeptical and started to believe me.”

STAN WINS $52,200 PLAYING IDAHO CASH!

The couple claimed their jackpot winning Idaho Cash prize one early June morning in Boise. Of course, Stan’s wife didn’t let her husband, the longtime Morgan, Utah resident, out of their longstanding agreement, “I still get my half!” she declared with a laugh.

The couple plans to pay off some debt and then support their family with their winnings. They also plan to continue their regular visits to Idaho and continue playing the Lottery.

Their winning ticket was bought at CJs Travel Center in Malad.

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