LANSING, March 3, 2008 – How do you choose your Daily 3 numbers? Do you use your address? Your kids’ ages?

Well, there’s an easier way to select your numbers, and now with the Daily 3 Easy Pick Payout, you could really cash in with an easy pick wager!

Just select the easy pick option when you place your Daily 3 bet and the new Daily 3 Easy Pick Payout will pay an extra $50 or $100, just for matching your easy pick straight wager. This promotion runs March 3-23.

All you have to do is purchase an easy pick straight wager for $.50 or $1 and if your number matches the numbers drawn in the midday or evening draws, you win! Matching the numbers on a $1 wager pays a $100 bonus and a $.50 wager will pay an extra $50.

The Daily 3 Easy Pick Payout only applies to easy pick wagers on the Daily 3 game. Daily 4, boxed, wheeled or two-way bets are not eligible for the extra payout.

Over 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 2007, the contribution to schools was $748.9 million. Since its inception in 1972, the Lottery has contributed more than $14.3 billion to education in Michigan.

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

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