Pennsylvania Lottery Raffle Sold Out

PENNSYLVANIA – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Tickets for the Pennsylvania Lottery's groundbreaking Millionaire Raffle game have sold out in less than two weeks.

Sales of Millionaire Raffle's 500,000 tickets began on Tuesday, Nov. 22, and were to continue until Dec. 31 at 5 p.m., or until the tickets ran out. The last Millionaire Raffle ticket was sold at 2:42 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 5.

The drawing for the game, which features four top prizes of $1 million, will be held on New Year's Eve.

"We're thrilled by the overwhelming response to Millionaire Raffle," said Lottery Executive Director Ed Mahlman, "and we look forward to creating four new millionaires on New Year's Eve."

Mahlman reminded Millionaire Raffle players to sign the backs of their tickets and keep them in a safe place until the New Year's Eve drawing.

He noted that the success of Millionaire Raffle has already created thousands of winners throughout Pennsylvania.

"Millionaire Raffle ticket sales generated approximately $4.3 million for programs that benefit older Pennsylvanians," he said, "programs that include prescription drug assistance through PACE and PACENET, property tax and rent rebates, transportation assistance and a statewide network of senior centers."

Millionaire Raffle features 509 cash prizes worth a total of $5 million. The game will award four $1 million top prizes, five $100,000 second prizes and 500 third prizes of $1,000.

The winning tickets will be selected during the Lottery's live, 7 p.m., drawing show on New Year's Eve. The top nine tickets will be broadcast live; the 500 third-prize tickets will be posted at Lottery retailers and published on the Lottery web site. All winning tickets will be selected by a Random Number Generator - or Automated Drawing Machine - certified by Gaming Laboratories International, the world's premier gaming products and systems testing company.

The eight-digit raffle number printed on Millionaire Raffle tickets must match the eight-digit raffle ticket number combination selected in the drawing - in the exact sequence in which it was selected - to be considered a winning ticket.

The odds of winning a $1 million top prize are 1-in-125,000; odds of winning a $100,000 prize are 1-in-100,000 and odds of winning $1,000 are 1-in- 1,000.