Powerball and Dick Clark Productions team up for third consecutive “Powerball First Millionaire of the Year” promotion

Powerball has teamed up with Dick Clark Productions once more to present the third consecutive
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Powerball has teamed up with Dick Clark Productions once more to present the third consecutive “Powerball First Millionaire of the Year” promotion.

The promotion will see five randomly selected finalists appear on the live broadcast of “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2022” on ABC with a chance to win $1m in a special drawing just after midnight.

Powerball Product Group Chair and Missouri Lottery Executive Director May Scheve Reardon said: “This promotion captures the anticipation and thrill of Powerball – you never know where our next big winner will come from. This has become a fun New Year’s Eve tradition that supports our lottery partners as they engage players and raise vital funds for their beneficiaries.”

Lotteries that are participating in the “Powerball First Millionaire of the Year” event will once again hold contests or draws to select a designated number of semi-finalists. Five finalists will be randomly drawn from the national pool of semi-finalists.

Alongside the chance to win $1m, the five finalists will receive an at-home New Year’s Eve party package including a $10,000 cash prize, a deluxe dinner for eight, 70-inch LED TV, a karaoke system, premium laptop computer and $500 to spend at Party City, and more.

Kevin Patrick Smith, SVP, Business Development and Partnerships, Dick Clark Productions, added: “Powerball First Millionaire of the Year presents lotteries the opportunity to offer players a life-changing prize.

“This promotion has become an integral part of ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest,’ and viewers now expect to share in the excitement of the winning moment. We look forward to another thrilling year of state promotions leading up to New Year’s Eve.”

The following lottery jurisdictions will participate in this year’s promotion: Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana (Hoosier), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virgin Islands, Vermont, and Washington DC.