Michigan Lottery Introduces Promotion for Daily 4 Game Players!

LANSING, Michigan –(Press Release) -- March 27, 2001-- Michigan Lottery players will soon have yet another way to win cash prizes with the Lottery's Daily 4 game thanks to the Lottery's newest promotion -- ``Front Pair Payout!''

In the Daily 4 game, Lottery players simply choose any four-digit number and then place a $1 bet for that drawing. There are three different ways to place bets in the Daily 4 game -- straight, boxed and two-way. If a player chooses to play a number straight, he or she would need to match the number he or she picked in the exact order chosen to win a $5,000 cash prize.

Beginning April 2, 2001 and running through April 28, 2001, players whose straight bets match the first two numbers drawn will receive a $10 payout. The odds of matching the front pair are a mere 1 in 101, which is much easier to win than any other Daily 4 prize! Daily 4 winning numbers are drawn twice a day -- midday (12:58 p.m.) and evening (7:28 p.m.) -- and this great new promotion applies to both the midday and evening Daily 4 drawings.

``Some of the Lottery's most popular promotions have been tied to the Daily 3 & 4 games,'' Michigan Lottery Commissioner Don Gilmer said. ``The odds of winning in the 'Front Pair Payout' promotion are very good, so I am confident our players will be very excited about this new offering!''

The Lottery estimates that over $600,000 more will be paid out in Daily 4 prizes over the course of the four-week promotion to lucky players all over the state. The ``Front Pair Payout'' promotion will be supported by statewide television, radio and newspaper advertising.