“Our players anticipate this Raffle every year, and we couldn’t be more excited to bring it back, especially as the Lottery gears up to celebrate its 50^th anniversary next year,” said Pennsylvania Lottery Executive Director Drew Svitko. “We remind players to keep their weekly tickets so that they can enter them into the main Raffle for a chance to become a millionaire. It’s thanks to our players and games like our Raffle that we’re able to help so many Pennsylvania seniors who need life-sustaining programs.”
 
The January 8 drawing will award 6,000 cash prizes totaling more than $5 million: four $1 million prizes, four $100,000 prizes, 100 prizes of $1,000, and 5,892 prizes of $100.
 
Ticket sales end Saturday, January 8 at 8 p.m. (unless sold out sooner). Only ticket numbers sold are included in the drawing. Ticket numbers are sold sequentially across the commonwealth, starting at 00000001 and ending at 00500000.
 
To be considered a winning ticket, the number on a Millionaire Raffle ticket must exactly match a winning number selected in the drawing, and all digits must appear in the same sequence as the winning number.   
 
If all tickets are sold, each $20 ticket offers a 1 in 125,000 chance of winning one of the $1 million top prizes. The drawing’s overall chances of winning any prize are 1 in 83.
 
On January 8, winning numbers will be randomly selected by a computer and posted at palottery.com after 10 p.m. Players should check each ticket using scanners found at Lottery retailers or with the ticket checker on the Lottery’s Official App.
 
Weekly Drawings
 
Eight weekly drawings will each award two prizes of $50,000. 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:  

• Drawing 1: Tickets sold from November 9 - 15.
• Drawing 2: Tickets sold from November 16 - 22.
• Drawing 3: Tickets sold from November 23 - 29.
• Drawing 4: Tickets sold from November 30 – December 6.
• Drawing 5: Tickets sold from December 7 - 13.
• Drawing 6: Tickets sold from December 14 - 20.
• Drawing 7: Tickets sold from December 21 - 27.
• Drawing 8: Tickets sold from December 28, 2021 – January 3, 2022.

 
Winning ticket numbers for these Weekly Drawings will be posted each week at palottery.com. Players may also scan their ticket to see if they won.
 
Because a ticket is still eligible for the January 8 drawing, players are reminded to sign and keep their tickets. Winners should make an appointment to visit a Pennsylvania Lottery office in order to claim their $50,000 Weekly Drawing prize in person and should not claim this prize at a retailer or by mail. PA Lottery Headquarters in Middletown remains closed to the public. See rules and claim instructions at palottery.com.
 
The Pennsylvania Lottery’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle game has created more than 124 new millionaires since it debuted in 2005.

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About Us: The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the only state lottery to direct all proceeds to programs that benefit older residents. Since ticket sales began in 1972, it has contributed more than $32.6 billion to fund property tax and rent rebates, transportation, care services, prescription assistance, and local services including senior centers and meals.

Visit the Winners and Benefits pages at palottery.com to review how much money each county receives in Lottery prizes and funding to benefit older Pennsylvanians.

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