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Missouri Lottery
October
2007
‘Floating’ Validation Code Provides Protection
For Retailer, Player
Keeping Scratchers secure is a priority of the Missouri Lottery, and ensuring they remain protected in retail
locations before they are sold usually is up to retailers. But the Missouri Lottery is taking steps to help retailers
keep tickets secure and prevent financial loss.
Beginning with game 673, “100 Million Dollar Blockbuster,” the three-digit validation number is now being
boxed and placed in various areas within the play region of the Scratchers tickets. Prior to game 673, the three
validation numbers were located within the VIRN (Void If Removed Number) at the bottom of the ticket and
were identified with a line above them. Now the three numbers will be boxed and “floated” to various areas of
the ticket.
“Floating the validation numbers will better protect retailers and players,” said Daryl Backes, security
specialist with the Missouri Lottery. “It might require a little more scratching of the ticket and add a few more
seconds to the transaction, but the advantages will outweigh any disadvantages.”
Backes said the lottery industry is beginning to “float” or move the validation code to better protect retailers
and players against dishonest clerks. He said the Missouri Lottery has been involved in cases where retail
employees have been scratching or “pin pricking” Scratchers tickets just enough to see the validation code.
The winning Scratchers tickets are then validated and the prizes paid out, and the non-winning tickets are sold
to unsuspecting players.
“Retailers can lose thousands of dollars, and of course, players are denied the chance to
purchase a winning ticket,” Backes said.
Mike Cavender, the Lottery’s sales management analyst, said there will be a
transition period when the older tickets will still have the validation code located at
the bottom of the ticket within the VIRN, while the newer ones will have the floating
boxed numbers.
“It will be a little difficult during the transitional period
to determine where the validation code might be, but it’s also been
difficult teaching new store employees about the over-lined three
numbers,” Cavender said.
“Boxing the numbers should make it easier to teach new employees
about validating tickets, and moving the boxed numbers around on the
ticket will make it a lot more difficult for unscrupulous employees to pin
prick the tickets without getting caught,” he continued.
New Mega Game Is A Blockbuster
The red carpet is down, and crowds are eagerly awaiting the latest blockbuster, the Missouri
Lottery’s “100 Million Dollar Blockbuster” Scratchers game. With 10 $1 million prizes and
more than $100 million in cash prizes, this new $10 game is expected to be a crowd favorite.
“100 Million Dollar Blockbuster” is the fourth mega Scratchers game issued by the
Missouri Lottery.
“We pack a lot of winners into our mega games, and this game is no exception,” said Bill
Burton, instant product manager for the Missouri Lottery. “In this newest game, there are more
than 180,000 prizes from $100 to $500 and more than 4,800 prizes from $1,000 to $20,000.”
Top prize winners will have the option of collecting their prize in annual payments of
$50,000 for 20 years or a cash payment equal to the cost of the $1 million annuity.
$3 Billion To The State And Growing!
Congratulations Missouri Lottery players! Because of you, the Missouri Lottery
has exceeded $3 billion in proceeds to the state of Missouri and public education
with its August revenue transfer.
The $3 billion in transfers represents the total amount in proceeds that the Missouri
Lottery has contributed since it began selling tickets on Jan. 20, 1986. Through
fiscal year 1993, the Lottery’s proceeds of $542,540,033 went to the state’s General
Revenue Fund. In August 1992, Missouri voters approved an amendment to direct
all Lottery proceeds to public education, and since July 1993, when the law took
effect, the Lottery has contributed $2.5 billion to the state’s public education system.
A complete list of how Lottery proceeds are being used in fiscal year 2008 is
included in the fall issue of the Winning Times.

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Find the latest Missouri
Lottery news and up-to-date
information concerning
Missouri Lottery winners,
promotions, event sponsorships
and winning numbers
on the Lottery’s Web site.
180-Day Redemption
Don’t forget that all
winning Missouri Lottery
Scratchers tickets must be
claimed within 180 days
after the announced end
of each game. Winning
Numbers Game tickets
must be redeemed within
180 days of the ticket’s last
winning draw date.
Must Be 18 Or
Older To Purchase
You must be at least 18
years old to purchase any
Missouri Lottery game or
participate in any Missouri
Lottery promotion.
If you or someone you
know has a gambling
problem, remember there’s
always one number on your
side: 1-888-BETSOFF.
You also can find
information about problemgambling
programs in
Missouri at the Missouri
Alliance to Curb Problem
Gambling’s Web site at:
www.888BETSOFF.org
Watch the drawings on these
official Lottery stations:
Amber Chitwood of Sweet Springs plans to use the
$25,003 prize she won playing the “Cash Corner
Bingo” Scratchers game to help buy a house.
Chitwood purchased her winning ticket at Break Time,
102 E. Highway 40 in Sweet Springs, on Aug. 3.
Cousins Kenneth Kirkendoll of Cairo and Kara Kirkendoll
of Moberly shared an $8,000 Club Keno prize they won
on Aug. 7. Kara Kirkendoll purchased their winning
ticket at West Side Inn, 618 Concannon in Moberly.
Alicia Surridge of Keller, Texas, won $50,000 playing
Powerball using Power Play on Aug. 1. She purchased
her winning ticket at Bair’s Grocery, 5419 S. Campbell in
Springfield, while visiting family in the area.
Lottery Announces Calendar Contest Winners
Ann Lossman, an amateur photographer from Warrensburg, won the $500 grand
prize when her photo was chosen for the cover of the Missouri Lottery’s 2008 calendar
in the Lottery’s annual calendar photo contest. The theme for the 2008 calendar is
Missouri Gardens.
In addition to Lossman’s win, the photographers whose photos were chosen for the
12 months received $100 in Scratchers tickets. All winners will receive a copy of the
calendar and a photo credit.
The winners are:
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Alice Potts, Centralia, whose photos were chosen for the months of January and December;
Jane Linders, Maryland Heights, whose photos were chosen for February and October;
Tracy Pickens, Columbia, whose photo was chosen for March;
Rosalie Perryman, Marshfield, whose photo was chosen for April;
Mary Ann Rolfes, Hermann, whose photo was chosen for May;
Susan Campbell, Elgin, Ill., whose photo was chosen for June;
Sandra Hanaway, Oak Grove, whose photo was chosen for July;
Carol Jane Cantrell, Marshfield, whose photo was chosen for August;
Karen McGilvray, Wentzville, whose photo was chosen for September; and
Sandra Kussman, Florissant, whose photo was chosen for November.
The winning photos will be posted on Molottery.com when the calendars are
available for purchase for $5 each in November.
Promotion Offers Chance To Compete On “Deal Or No Deal” Game Show
Now players can choose their own briefcase and win a chance to go
to Hollywood and play the real Deal or No Deal television game. The
Missouri Lottery’s new “Deal or No Deal” Scratchers game, which
officially began on Sept. 1, is based on the television game show by
the same name. It offers an elimination-style play action and a chance
to win up to $100,000 instantly.
Players can submit one non-winning “Deal or No Deal” Scratchers
ticket as an entry into the promotion. There will be six drawings held
in the promotion. One grand-prize trip to Hollywood with a chance to
play the real Deal or No Deal game will be awarded in each drawing.
Five first prizes of $1,000 cash will be awarded in each drawing.
Players can enter the drawing on-line at Molottery.com, hand-deliver entries to any
Missouri Lottery office or mail them to the Lottery. Entries should be mailed to this
address only:
“Deal or No Deal” Promotion
Missouri Lottery
PO Box 104711
Jefferson City, MO 65110-4711
For more information on “Deal or No Deal,” go to Molottery.com.
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Play Pick 3, Get Second Chance To Win
Grab your chance to win with Pick 3 and get a second chance to win for free.
Pick 3 players will have a second chance to win up to $600 with the “Pick 3 Midday Bonus Numbers”
promotion Sept. 30 through Oct. 27. The four-week promotion will give Midday Pick 3 players the
opportunity to double their chances of winning.
During the Midday drawing, conducted at 12:45 p.m. daily, a second drawing will be conducted from
three white balls and one orange ball. If the orange ball is drawn, a bonus set of Pick 3 numbers will then
be drawn, giving players two sets of winning numbers. With two sets of winning numbers, there will be
twice as many winners.
If the orange ball isn’t drawn at least four times during the
promotion, the “Pick 3 Midday Bonus Numbers” promotion
will continue until the orange ball is drawn a fourth time.
Pick 3 Promotion Makes Retailers Winners
Your chance to win one of 18 $1,000 prizes is happening
now. From Sept. 30 through Oct. 27, while Pick 3 players
are getting the opportunity to double their chances to win during the “Pick 3 Midday Bonus Numbers”
promotion, retailers have the chance to win one of the $1,000 prizes or a Pick 3 Fun Box with T-shirts and
jumbo clip pens.
Three retailers in each of the six sales districts – each of the three sales regions has two sales districts
– with the highest dollar increases in sales will each win $1,000.
Weekly prizes of the Pick 3 Fun Box will be awarded to the top-selling Pick 3 retailer in each of the 39
sales routes in the state. Four weekly prizes will be awarded in each sales route during the promotion.
The Pick 3 Fun Boxes include 20 T-shirts and 20 jumbo clip pens.
Ask your sales representative for more information concerning this retailer promotion.
Retailers Win Big Prizes In Pull-Tab Promotion
Big Pull-Tab prizes in “$1,000 Blazin’ Bucks” and “$500 Cash Dash” mean big prizes for retailers,
too. The Lottery’s two newest Pull-Tab games went on sale on Sept. 19, kicking off the retailer
promotion “Blazin’ Cash Bash,” which awards retailers the same top prize that their customers
win playing the two promotional games.
Throughout the promotion, every time a player wins either the $500 prize in “$500 Cash
Dash” or $1,000 playing “$1,000 Blazin’ Bucks,” the retail location that sold the winning
ticket also will receive a cash prize that equals the top prize sold.
For more information about these two new Pull-Tab games or the retailer promotion,
contact your inside sales representative (ISR) or Lottery sales representative (LSR).
Lottery Drives In The Holidays In Upcoming Promotion
There’s going to be a “Holiday in the Driveway” this holiday season. Players will have the chance to win
a Pontiac® Solstice, a Jeep® Wrangler, a Chevrolet® Avalanche, $1,000 in gas or $500 cash prizes through
the Missouri Lottery’s holiday promotion beginning Oct. 27.
With a $10 entry, players have the chance to win one of 213 prizes that will be awarded through the
promotion. Winners of the three vehicles (one will be awarded in each of three drawings
during the promotion) will have the choice of the vehicle or the
cash value of the vehicle. Standard withholding taxes
will be paid on the vehicles and $1,000 prizes.
Watch for more information about this promotion
in the upcoming Winning Times player newsletter or
at Molottery.com.
Million-Dollar Raffle Offers Best Chance To Win $1 Million
The Million-Dollar Raffle beginning Nov. 12 will offer the best chance ever to win
a $1 million prize. With just 250,000 tickets available to buy and one $1 million
prize guaranteed, someone will become a millionaire.
The raffle tickets will be sold for $10 each at all Numbers Games retailers.
In addition to the top $1 million prize, two $100,000 prizes will be awarded
and 200 $500 prizes will be won.
Retailers will have the chance to get in on the winning, too. The retailers
who sell the top and second-level prizes will each receive a 1 percent bonus.
Retailers also can earn entries into a drawing for each raffle ticket they sell for
one of 10 $1,000 prizes, and they also will have a chance to win a sales route prize
of $500.
Watch for more information about the Million-Dollar Raffle game and retailer
promotions in the November issue of the Retailer Connection.
1-866-MOLOTTERY
(1-866-665-6883)
RETAILER HELP LINE
Ticket Order
Confirmations
Available Via E-mail
Call 1-866-MOLOTTERY
(1-866-665-6883) to
speak to Inside Sales for
more information.
Retailer Info On The Web
Winner signage and
jackpot flyers are just
a couple of the items
found in the Lottery’s
“Retailers” section of the
Web site, Molottery.com.
The site also includes
Scratchers and Pull-Tab
game order forms, which
can be downloaded and
printed for use by the
retailer when making ticket
orders or to help retailers
maintain inventory.
Now you can help
locate missing children.
Missouri Lottery retailers
and players play a
major role in Missouri’s
statewide AMBER Alert
Plan, Alert Missouri,
which is designed to
locate children who have
been abducted.
In the event of an Alert
Missouri, all Numbers
Games Lottery retailers
will receive a message
on their Lottery sales
terminal. In the event that
you spot a child, adult or
vehicle fitting the Alert
Missouri description,
immediately call the
telephone number given
in the Alert Missouri
message and provide
authorities with as much
information as you know.
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New Scratchers
Game 673 ($10)
“100 Million
Dollar Blockbuster”
Expiring Soon
Three fairgoers at this year’s Missouri State Fair went
home with big Lottery prizes. Leah Edens, Kansas City,
won $2,000 to use to purchase electronics; Teresa Fly,
Fort Scott, Kan., won a trip for two to Hawaii plus $500
spending cash, valued at $4,000; and James Wellman,
Carrollton, won a 2008 Kawasaki® ATV.
Players could enter non-winning tickets purchased at the
fair into their choice of three drawings for a chance to win.
In addition to the large prizes, hundreds of other fairgoers
won free tickets, T-shirts and other prizes.
Go to Molottery.com for more Missouri Lottery State
Fair winner information.
All winning Missouri Lottery Scratchers tickets must be claimed within 180 days after
the announced end of each game. Winning Numbers Games tickets must be redeemed
within 180 days of the ticket’s last winning draw date.
Game 674 ($2)
“Spicy Hot 7’s”
Lottery Awards Prizes At Missouri State Fair
180-Day
Redemption Last Day
Game Period Began To Redeem
593 “Black Jack” May 2 Oct. 29
600 “Triple Win” May 2 Oct. 29
605 “Lucky 7’s” May 2 Oct. 29
610 “Sapphire Blue 7’s” May 2 Oct. 29
611 “Cash Roulette” May 2 Oct. 29
614 “Triple Moneybags” May 2 Oct. 29
615 “Fun 1’s” May 2 Oct. 29
617 “In the Bank” May 2 Oct. 29
633 “Money Game” May 2 Oct. 29
640 “Cash Blizzard” May 2 Oct. 29
644 “Lucky Hearts” May 2 Oct. 29
More than $3 BILLION for education and Missouri.
Promotion Winners
For complete lists of promotion
winners, visit Molottery.com. You
can also write to the Missouri Lottery
at Missouri Lottery, P.O. Box 1603,
Jefferson City, MO 65102.
Winners of the “Catch the Cardinals”
and “Run with the Royals” promotion
are listed on the Web site, along with
the winners from the “Happy Days of
Summer” and the “Texas Hold ‘Em
Poker” promotions.
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