As reported by online news outlet The Lane Report, the Kentucky Lottery has announced the launch of its brand new title ‘Win Place Show’, the first lottery game ever to be based on live horse racing.
Considered a lottery game due to the numbers being assigned randomly and the event itself involving no skill, the game revolves around Kentucky’s signature Thoroughbred industry and will feature races from across the country. Regarding the drawings, players will be given three random racehorse names and numbers on their ticket for the featured race that day.
Results will then be based on the official results of that day’s race and the order of finish of the horses on their ticket.
Similarly to the model that is used in the racing community, the first and second prizes are not fixed, with those victorious instead taking a share of that day’s sales for the game. If there is more than one winner in a prize tier the prize pool is divided equally among all winners on that level.
To find out if they have won or not, players can watch the featured race for that day on the Win Place Show mobile app, by checking the kylottery.com website, or by scanning the QR code on the ticket while using the mobile app.
The game, which was successfully test piloted in the spring of 2019, is projected to sell $2m in tickets this fiscal year and is the first title launched by Louisville-based EquiLottery Games.
