The Pennsylvania Lottery has started selling tickets for its New Year’s Millionaire Raffle, which features eight $100,000 Weekly Drawings leading up to the January 2, 2021 drawing.
The lottery’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle game has created more than 120 new millionaires since it debuted in 2005, and the January 2 drawing will award 6,000 cash prizes totaling more than $5 million: four $1m prizes, four $100,000 prizes, 100 prizes of $1,000, and 5,892 prizes of $100.
Sales will run through until Saturday, January 2 at 8pm, unless sold out sooner, and only ticket numbers sold are included in the drawing. Ticket numbers are sold sequentially across the commonwealth, starting at 00000001 and ending at 00500000.
Pennsylvania Lottery Executive Director Drew Svitko said: “This unique game is a favorite among our players, allowing two chances to win on each ticket. Over the next eight weeks, we will award $800,000 in prizes before the main drawing in January.
“Most importantly, offering this raffle allows the PA Lottery the ability to continue generating vital funds to help provide seniors with life-sustaining programs, such as property tax and rent rebate assistance.”
Eight weekly drawings will take place between November 3 and December 28, each awarding one prize of $100,000. Players do not need to take extra steps to be eligible for these drawings, as each ticket purchased during that period will be automatically eligible for that week’s drawing
If all tickets are sold, each $20 ticket offers a one in 125,000 chance of winning one of the $1m top prizes. The drawing’s overall chances of winning any prize are one in 83. Since a ticket is still eligible for the January 2 drawing, players are reminded to sign and keep their tickets.
