LANSING, January 3, 2007 – Are you tired of the cold and snow?  The Michigan Lottery has just the ticket with two great new Instant games that can send you to where it’s warm!

The $2 Ultimate Dream Trip ticket offers 50 chances to instantly win the vacation of a lifetime.  Winners will their choice of a trip to the Riu Paradise Island Resort in Nassau, The Bahamas; the Rui Jalisco Resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; or a Royal Caribbean Cruise from Florida to the The Bahamas.

Each trip is all-inclusive and includes round trip airfare for two, five days and four nights lodging, all meals and entertainment.  In addition to the vacation prizes, players will have the chance to win up to $20,000 instantly! 

If California is more your style, grab a new American Idol Instant ticket and you and a guest could be on your way to the show’s final round in Los Angeles. 

The $2 American Idol ticket has top prizes of $20,000 and in addition to the cash prizes available the game includes a second chance drawing!  One second chance winner will receive all-expense paid trip to the American Idol finals and four grand prize winners will each get a 46-inch liquid plasma, wide screen TV.  Five hundred prize packs stuffed with American Idol goodies will also be awarded.

To enter the American Idol second chance drawing, players must submit three non-winning American Idol Instant tickets either by mail or online through Player City, the Lottery’s free Internet VIP Club.  To join Player City or find more details about the drawings, go to https://www.michiganlottery.com/

All proceeds from the Lottery are contributed to the state School Aid Fund which supports kindergarten through 12th grade public education in Michigan.  In fiscal year 2006, the contribution was $688 million.

For additional information, please visit the Lottery’s Web site at https://www.michiganlottery.com/.

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