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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

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And the $1,000,000 Winning Number is…

Boise – One lucky ticket tonight will make someone the Idaho Lottery’s 40^th millionaire. Earlier this evening, the Idaho Lottery announced the winning numbers for their sold out Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle. And the $1,000,000 winning Raffle number for tonight’s draw is:

1 0 8 8 4 7

In addition to the $1,000,000 top prize, the Idaho Lottery also announced the four $10,000 prize winning numbers. They are:

1 8 8 0 1 1

1 7 8 0 4 0

0 4 0 1 0 3

1 8 3 1 0 4

“We strongly encourage all our players to check their tickets carefully for winners and sign the back of their raffle ticket prior to presenting it for payment. There are 4,455 prizes in this year’s Raffle,” said Jeff Anderson, Idaho Lottery Director after the winning numbers announcement. “These tickets are bearer instruments and we want to ensure each player protects their prize.”

“This game has been uniquely successful for Idaho, for our retailers, for our players and most importantly, our beneficiaries,” added Anderson. “The real winners this year are Idaho’s public schools and the permanent building fund.”

Players can check their winning tickets at idaholottery.com/idahoraffle.

The Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle sold out and generated $800,000 in dividend revenue to benefit Idaho public schools and the permanent building fund.

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The Idaho Lottery responsibly provides a variety of entertaining games featuring Powerball, Mega Millions, Scratch Games^TM, and PullTabs with a high degree of integrity to maximize the dividend for Idaho public schools and the permanent building fund. Since their inception in 1989, the Idaho Lottery has sold over $2.3 billion in products, awarded over $1.3 billion in prizes to players, returned more than $136.5 million in retail commissions, and distributed $552.3 million in Lottery dividends to Idaho public schools and the Permanent Building Fund. To learn more, please visit www.idaholottery.com.