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VOL. 28 NO. 1 • Idaho Cash • St. Patrick’s Day Raffle
INTRODUCING IDAHO CASH Towering mountain landscapes, pristine thundering rivers, crystal clear lakes, dense forests, deep canyons, expansive farmlands, rolling hills of countryside, metropolitan vibe: This is Idaho! • Raffle Recap Where the outdoors meets mountain lifestyle. There are many things that make Idaho uniquely Published February 2017 Idaho, but there are some things that make Idaho better. Welcome the next big thing to Idaho: Idaho Cash, the new draw game from the Idaho Lottery. Idaho Cash is as great as the state it represents. It has a rolling jackpot that starts at $20,000, grows until it’s won, and the limit on the jackpot is as high as the Idaho sky on a clear summer day.
• Lottery Spotlight
GAME PLAY and DRAWS You get two plays for $1.00. Idaho Cash has the best overall odds of any draw game. For each play, players pick any five numbers from 1 to 45. They can fill out a playslip with their favorite numbers or ask for a quick pick. They can play the same numbers for up to ten consecutive draws. Drawings are held on Wednesday and Saturday night at 8:00 pm MT. PRIZES There are other great prizes to win along the way to being a jackpot winner. Players win by matching just two numbers. Match three numbers and they win $5, match four numbers and they win $200. Match all five and the Idaho-only jackpot is theirs. If the jackpot is not won, prize funds will be added to the next drawing’s jackpot prize. If there is more than one jackpot winner for a draw, the jackpot prize will be divided equally among multiple winners. The jackpot prize is paid in a PRIZE ODDS MATCH single lump-sum, cash payment. BERRY SPECIAL PROMOTION THE FIRST 2 WEEKS! For the first two weeks ONLY, from February 12 through February 25, 2017, players who purchase a $4 or more Powerball ticket will get a FREE $1 Idaho Cash ticket. Let all your players know! RESULTS For drawing results, players can visit idaholottery.com, call the Winning Numbers Line at 208-334-4656, download the Idaho Lottery’s “Check-a-Ticket” app, or bring their ticket to your store for validation. All prizes must be claimed within 180 days from the draw date. AN IDAHO THING About the only thing players can’t win is a private trout farm or their own huckleberry patch. Otherwise, let your players know to play Idaho Cash for the Idaho-only jackpot that starts at $20,000. Go on, it’s an Idaho thing!
JACKPOT $200 $5 FREE TICKET
1:610,880 1:3,054 1:78 1:6
Overall odds of winning a prize are 1:5.7
St. Patrick’s Day Raffle
The Irish aren’t the only ones who could be lucky on St. Patrick’s Day. Every player can take part in the newest, coolest, most exciting game this coming spring – the St. Patrick’s Day Raffle. They just need to buy one of the $10 Raffle tickets when they go on sale on St. Patrick’s Day and they’ll be on their way to winning the luckiest, four-leaf clover inspired prize of $100,000! Beginning on St. Patrick’s Day, the Idaho Lottery will offer a new Raffle game. There are ONLY 50,000 tickets available for this Raffle and when we sell out, we will draw for the top prize of $100,000. But it’s not just the top prize that will make this game fun. There are ten $1,000 prizes, 1,350 prizes of $50 and 5,500 prizes of $15 in the game. In fact, there are 6,861 prizes in the St. Patrick’s Day Raffle! That’s most prizes we’ve offered for any Raffle game, ever! There’s no advertising, so it won’t be on television. Updates about the game will be on the Lottery’s website, our PAD displays in your stores, and through our social media channels. And like we said, when we sell through 50,000 tickets, we draw for our winners. Retailers receive $0.50 per ticket they sell. The retailer who sells the top winning prize will receive a bonus of $10,000. Tell your players not to wait to play, they should get their tickets early and get ready to get lucky when they win $100,000 on the shortest, fastest Raffle the Lottery’s ever offered!