LANSING, March 17, 2007 – In just six day the 600,000 Millionaire Raffle tickets have sold out!

The Raffle tickets, which went on sale March 12, sold out in half the time of the first Raffle game in November. 

“Our players are thrilled about the game, and they’ve shown their enthusiasm by buying the tickets in record numbers!” said Lottery Commissioner Gary Peters

Millionaire Raffle has six prizes of $1 million; 12 prizes of $100,000; and 900 prizes of $1,000! 

The Millionaire Raffle drawing will be conducted on April 20 when 918 lucky numbers will be drawn.  Players must present their original Millionaire Raffle ticket in order to claim their prize. 

The $1 million prizes will be announced following the evening drawing and all other numbers will be available through the Lottery’s Web site https://www.michiganlottery.com/, or at a Lottery retailer or regional office.

All proceeds from the Michigan 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.

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