More Chances To Win Coming for Daily 3 and Daily 4 Players by M. Scott Bowen, Commissioner

Summer is heating up for Michigan Lottery players and retailers! Sales of Lottery tickets continue to be strong, and are running ahead of last year’s record sales pace of $2.5 billion.

To help keep Lottery player traffic coming to our retail partners this summer, we are rolling out exciting promotions for the Daily 3 and Daily 4 games. Each of the promotions is designed to attract players and offer them more chances to win.

Beginning July 1, Straight Back Bonus returns to the Lottery’s Daily 4 game and gives players the chance to win $1,000 if their straight bet numbers are drawn in reverse order. For example, if a player plays a straight bet for 8-6-4-2 and the numbers drawn are 2-4-6-8, they win $1,000. This promotion doubles the chances to win for all straight bet wagers. Best of all, the Straight Back Bonus automatically is applied to all Daily 4 straight bets with no extra work from retailer personnel!

Another exciting promotion for daily draw games will begin on Aug. 3, when Daily 3 and Daily 4 players will have a new bet type option. The 1Off bet type gives players more chances to win by paying them if one of the numbers drawn is one higher or one lower than their numbers. This new bet option may be played for the midday and evening drawings and gives players seven ways to win on a Daily 3 game and nine ways  to win on a Daily 4 game.

Both of these exciting new play options give players more chances to win prizes in our popular daily games, without adding any cost to their wager.

Summer Sizzler Update
The Summer Sizzler promotion is well under way with entries for the popular second chance drawing piling up! The exciting contest allows players to enter non-winning $2 Grills Gone Wild, $5 Sizzling 7s, and $2 Red Hot Bingo instant game tickets for a chance to win.

We had more than 389,000 entries for the first drawing that took place on June 3 and awarded 10 lucky players with a camping-themed outdoor prize package and 70 winners with $200 Omaha Steaks® gift cards.

Two drawings remain in the Summer Sizzler second chance promotion. On July 1, we will give away 10 outdoor entertaining-themed prize packages and 70 $200 Omaha Steaks® gift cards. The grand prize drawing will take place on July 29, and in addition to 10 tailgating-themed outdoor prize packages, one lucky player will win a $30,000 cash prize. Entries are being accepted until 11:59 p.m. July 28, so be sure to remind players to get their entries in!

NEW INSTANT TICKETS: These tickets go on sale July 1:
    IG # 668    Neon 9’s        $2
   IG # 693    In$tant 10 Grand    $1

NEW PULL TAB TICKETS: These tickets go on sale July 7:
    MI # 523    100X the Cash        $1
    MI # 530    Fireball Slots        $.50

INSTANT GAMES SET TO EXPIRE: July 7    
    IG # 643     Family Feud        $2

PULL TAB GAMES SET TO EXPIRE: July 14
    MI # 588    Drop the Puck        $1
    MI # 592     Frosty Mug        $.50

TICKET ACTIVATION: Retailers are reminded to activate all game tickets before putting them on sale to ensure winning tickets may be redeemed by players.   

About 95 cents of every dollar spent on Lottery tickets is returned to the state in the form of contributions to the state School Aid Fund, prizes to players and commissions to retailers. In fiscal year 2013, the contribution to schools totaled $734.3 million. Since its inception in 1972, the Lottery has contributed over $18 billion to Michigan’s public education.
For additional information, please visit the Lottery’s Web site at www.michiganlottery.com.