Daily 3 now offers bonus

By M. Scott Bowen, Lottery Commissioner

Do you have Daily 3 players who play the same numbers, everyday, sometimes even at the same time of day?

These players will want to know about the Daily 3 Easy Pick Payout.

From March 3 through March 23, Daily 3 players who match their number on an Easy Pick wager to the number drawn will win bonus payouts of $100 for a Daily 3 $1 straight wager and $50 for a Daily 3 50-cent straight wager. Easy Pick Payout bonus prizes will be awarded on both midday and evening drawings.

So remind your Daily game players to play a Daily 3 Easy Pick in March. It may just give them more lucky numbers to play in the future.

Super Raffle
Don’t forget that on March 17 the Super Raffle drawing may be conducted if tickets have sold out. If they have not, the drawing will be within 10 days of the date the tickets are gone.

Daily Double ends
Sales for the Daily 3 & 4 Daily Double games will be discontinued on Sunday, March 9, 2008. Winning Daily Double tickets will validate within one year of the sale date on your terminal.

Current Daily 3 and Daily 4 playslips with the “Daily Double” box will continue to function after March 9. However, if the “Daily Double” box is marked on a playslip, an error message will read on your terminal and the wager will not be processed. Please be sure to remove all other Daily Double sales materials from your store after March 9.

Over 95 cents of every dollar spent on Lottery tickets goes to the state School Aid Fund, prizes to players and commissions to retailers. In fiscal year 2007, the contribution to schools was $748.9 million.

Since its inception in 1972, the Lottery has contributed more than $14.3 billion to education in Michigan. For additional information, please visit the Lottery’s website at www.michigan.gov/lottery.