LANSING, March 13, 2008 – There’s still time to get your Super Raffle tickets and get in on the best odds ever to win $2 million!

Over 4,500 lucky Michigan Lottery players will walk away with cash after the Super Raffle drawing scheduled for March 31!

Two prizes of $2 million, 25 prizes of $100,000 and 4,500 prizes of $500 will be awarded in the drawing originally scheduled for March 17.

Winning numbers will be available on the Lottery’s Web site on the afternoon of the drawing. Players will also be able to check numbers at Lottery retailers or Lottery regional offices at that time, and the winning numbers for the $2 million prizes will be announced during the Lottery’s broadcast that evening at 7:29 p.m. on the night of the drawing.

The Super Raffle, which is Raffle no. 7 offered by the Lottery, offers odds of 1 in 125,000 of winning $2 million. Tickets are $50 each and can be purchased at any Lottery retailer, including Club Keno retailers.

Super Raffle tickets are issued in numerical order, starting with 000001. Sales will cease at 2 a.m. on March 31 and the drawing will occur with only those ticket numbers up to that point. Players cannot choose their own numbers and winning numbers must be in the exact order drawn.
Players with winning tickets of either $2 million or $100,000 will need to contact the Lottery at 517-373-1237 to schedule an appointment to claim their prize. Prizes of $500 can be claimed at any Lottery retailer location.

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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