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PA Lottery's Eighth Millionaire Raffle Drawing Set for July 4 at 6:59 P.M.

As of noon, 67,766 $20 Millionaire Raffle tickets remained available for sale. Sales of Millionaire Raffle tickets began on April 27 and will continue until 5 p.m. on July 4, or until all 500,000 tickets are sold, which ever comes first.

"The previous seven Millionaire Raffle games sold out before the drawing, so we encourage players to buy tickets now before they sell out," said Lottery Executive Director Ed Trees.

The winning raffle ticket numbers will be randomly selected at 6:59 p.m. on July 4 when the Lottery's live drawing show will televise the selection of the four $1 million raffle ticket numbers and the four $100,000 raffle ticket numbers. The selection of the remaining 5,992 winning ticket numbers will not be televised live due to time constraints.

Players may check winning numbers beginning July 5 at www.palottery.com and at retailers. To be considered a winning ticket, the eight-digit number printed on a Millionaire Raffle ticket must match the eight-digit combination selected in the drawing, in the exact sequence in which it was selected.

Lottery officials remind Millionaire Raffle players to sign the back of each ticket and keep tickets in a safe place until the July 4 drawing.

Each of the game's $20 tickets offers a 1-in-125,000 chance of winning $1 million - the best odds ever offered by the Pennsylvania Lottery for winning a million dollars. The July 4 raffle drawing will award four top prizes of $1 million cash; four $100,000 cash prizes; 100 prizes of $1,000 cash; and 5,892 prizes of $100 cash. A total of 6,000 prizes worth $5,089,200 will be awarded.

Odds of winning a $1 million top prize or a $100,000 second-tier prize are 1-in-125,000; odds of winning a $1,000 prize are 1-in-5,000; and the odds of winning $100 are 1-in-85. The overall odds of winning any prize are 1-in-83.

About the Pennsylvania Lottery: The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the only state lottery that designates all proceeds to programs that benefit older residents. Since its inception 37 years ago, the Pennsylvania Lottery has contributed more than $18.3 billion to programs that include property tax and rent rebates; free and reduced-fare transit; the low-cost prescription drug programs PACE and PACENET; long-term care services; and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging, including more than 600 full- and part-time senior centers throughout the state. The Pennsylvania Lottery reminds its players to play responsibly. Players must be 18 or older.

For more information on the Pennsylvania Lottery, visit www.palottery.com.

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SOURCE Pennsylvania Lottery