DORCHESTER, Mass. (WWLP) – The Massachusetts State Lottery is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the world’s first instant ticket with the launch of a new instant ticket game.
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The Massachusetts Lottery is celebrating the launch of The Instant Game, which is a $2 ticket named after the original $1 ticket that debuted on May 29, 1974. This new ticket is now available for purchase and features a and color combination. which is similar to its predecessor. There are 50 components in honor of the anniversary and they include four $50,000 top prizes, a $50 bonus box, and stacks of $50 instant prizes.
Instant Play will also feature four second chance drawings and a final bonus drawing, with prizes ranging from $50 to $500. Four winners will be randomly selected from the final bonus drawing to be part of a live event where one participant will win a $100,000 prize and three participants will win $5,000 each.
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This game is a key number matching game that contains two “Winning Numbers” and 10 “Your Numbers”. If one or more of “Your Numbers” match the “Winning Numbers”, the player
wins the corresponding amount and there is a bonus space that gives players the opportunity to
Automatically earn $50. The game’s overall prize payout is 74.95 percent and the odds of winning are 1 in 4.56.
“Over the past 50 years, instant tickets have become a leading product for lotteries across the country, and it all started here in Massachusetts,” said State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg, Chair of the US Lottery Commission. State of Massachusetts. “The new retro note is a fun way to celebrate this milestone and recognize the importance of the original note to the entire industry.”
“With the creation of the first instant ticket, the Mass Lottery forever changed the course of
lottery industry,” said Mark William Bracken, CEO of Mass Lottery. “Us
We express our gratitude to our predecessors who were willing to take a risk on an innovative idea on which we ultimately built our reputation as one of the most successful lotteries in the world.
world.”
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