Get your Super Raffle!

After having a few chats with random people, I’ve come to the conclusion that we all need to buy Super Raffle tickets to make this thing work in Michigan or it will fall away. Whats that mean? That means do your part! Buy yourself a Super Raffle ticket, one will do. Don’t go spending money you don’t have I’m not saying that. Debt free and loving it is my motto, i’ll get to that in another post soon. But a few people were saying, if we don’t tell people, they won’t buy. If they don’t buy then the odds to win are higher!  I thought that a while back and as I’m sitting here thinking about the crooked was of government sponsered doings, I know that this wouldn’t happen. If it did, they’d extend it, lower the price in half and only offer half the winnings to those ticket numbers or just plain out say wait. Then they’d not hold another one.

There is still over 150k tickets out there. It’s been 15 days and about  20 some to go. With only 100k sold, will they make it this time? My speculation says, the government buys all the tickets and you’ll notice only the last 100k or so numbers are drawn with the 500 dollars and a 100k in the beginning to make some people come back.

That’s my thoughts.

Kicking it with lottery ideas

Project Lottery Life has been officially over for half a month, and results are still coming in. I’m currently searching for about 3 tickets in boxes from when I moved about three times in the past year. So keep sitting tight!

In other news I bought my Super Raffle ticket! 50 bucks and good feeling surround this piece of paper and I’m happy to own it.

The current Mega Millions is worth 220 million and the commercials have been touting all around with their corny ways that they have money stockpiled waiting to give away. I’m sure everybody has the same thought, “Give it to me if you don’t want it!”. I’m having the same feelings, but I guess a hocky commercial is just another way to advertise what the Mega Millions is worth. I won’t be spending more then a single dollar each time until it hits 300 million, which it looks like it’s on the track within the next 2 weeks if nobody wins.

In other news, I’ll be trying to keep up to date with the latest games, news and everything else lottery related!

Super Raffle on sale again!

It’s that time of year when Michigan pulls out another Raffle. Here’s the stats straight from the website:

he Michigan Lottery’s Super Raffle offers the best and biggest chance ever to win $2 million!  A limited number of tickets-just 250,000-will be sold beginning Monday, February 11, at all Lottery terminals across the state.  Tickets will have a unique number from 000001 to 250000.  During a single drawing on Monday, March 17 or within 10 days of sellout (if sellout is after that date), 4,527 tickets will be randomly selected to win the following prizes:

Prize	Odds of Winning
2 prizes of $2,000,000 (annuitized over 20 years or $1,300,000 cash)*	1:125,000
25 prizes of $100,000 each	1:10,000
4,500 prizes of $500 each	1:56
Overall: 1:55

• • WBKB Alpena
  • WDIV Detroit
  • WNEM Flint
  • WXSP Grand Rapids
  • WLAJ Lansing
  • WJMN Marquette
  • WMKG Muskegon
  • WGTU Traverse City

• Tickets are $50 each and can be purchased 7 days a week anywhere players find the familiar orange Lottery terminals and Club Keno retailers
• Tickets will be issued in sequential order across the state
• No additional tickets will be available for purchase once all 250,000 tickets are sold
• Tickets will be easy picks only; players cannot pick their own numbers
• Tickets cannot be cancelled and multi-draw wagers are not available
• Player must match their numbers in exact order to those drawn by the Lottery
• There will be only one drawing on March 17, 2008 or within 10 days of the tickets selling out
• Players must have their original Super Raffle ticket to claim their prize
• Prizes must be claimed within one year of draw date
• Winning numbers for the two, $2,000,000 prizes will be broadcast live at 7:29 p.m. on the date of the drawing, on the following stations:
• The two $2,000,000 winners, the 25 $100,000 winners, and the 4,500 $500 winners will be posted on Lottery’s Web site at www.michigan.gov/lottery and all Michigan Lottery offices
• $500 prizes may be claimed at any Michigan Lottery retailer
• $2,000,000 and $100,000 prize winners must call the Lottery’s Public Relations Division at (517) 373-1237 to schedule an appointment to claim their prize

Be sure to keep your original Super Raffle ticket until the drawing!  If you are a winner, you will need to present it to claim your prize.

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* The $2,000,000 prize winners will receive their prize payments over a 20-year period unless, within 60 days from the date they claim their prize, they request the Cash Option method of payment.

This mean that another chance comes to win big!!

In other news, Project Lottery Life is now complete! That’s right, a full year of playing the mega millions has finished and will be tallied up shortly. It’s been busy! Even some scratch and win tickets were handed out on the official myspace page at:  http://www.myspace.com/projectlotterylife to celebrate! Sign on for further updates and book mark this blog to find out what the year of playing the mega millions is really worth. Did I win big? Did I break even? Or did I do horrible and lose more then I won? Stay Tune!