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DATE: September 9, 2009
CONTACT: Sally Lunsford (785) 296-5708, sally.lunsford@kslottery.net

Midwest Millions – A Great Chance to Win

TOPEKA, KAN. – Two Kansas Lottery players each won $500,000 prizes last year in the Midwest Millions instant scratch game, and that should encourage other players to try their luck this year!

Sales for the third version of Midwest Millions start this weekend at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson. Visitors to the Kansas Lottery building will get first shot at the $10 game. Midwest Millions tickets are also being shipped to Lottery retailers throughout the state.

Midwest Millions is the nation’s only instant-scratch game sold jointly by two states, Kansas and Iowa. The game offers instant prizes ranging from $10 to $50,000. Players have a 1 in 2.84 chance of winning a prize each time they purchase a ticket.

Besides the chance to win prizes instantly, players can enter their non-winning Midwest Millions tickets into a pair of second-chance drawings for a chance to win as much as $500,000. One $500,000 prize and five $10,000 prizes will be awarded at each of two drawings.

“Kansas had both of the $500,000 winners last year,” said Kansas Lottery Executive Director Ed Van Petten. “Sandy Vines of Wichita and Adam Sorell of Shawnee were both terrific winners. We hope our Kansas players are as lucky this time around.”

The Midwest Millions second-chance drawings will be held January 15, 2010, in Kansas; and April 16, 2010, in Iowa. Players in both states will be competing for prizes. Tickets entered in the first drawing will not be eligible for the second drawing.