We’ve been talking about it for a couple months now, and it’s almost time for sales to start in the new Lotto America game. Sales begin Sunday and the first drawing will be on Wednesday. Here’s a video that gives you all the details about how to play the game.
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November 09, 2017
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I hope whoever enters winning numbers for Lotto America wakes up soon, I'm anxious to see winning numbers for first draw of Lotto America. It's 6:55 am Thursday, Nothing on web site yet?
Posted by: Kevin Pidima | November 16, 2017 at 06:56 AM
That's right, Jill! The first jackpot up for grabs in Lotto America will be $15 million annuity, $9.5 million cash value. The first drawing in the new game is tomorrow night. Good luck to everyone playing.
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | November 14, 2017 at 12:21 PM
Super excited to start playing!
The jackpot for the first draw is actually $15 million instead of $2 million though because the funds not won in the last Hot Lotto draw are being used :) Source: https://www.lotto.net/lotto-america
Posted by: Jill | November 14, 2017 at 10:54 AM
Hi, Mark. You are right that we keep the play slips "in reserve" until just before a new game starts or until tickets in it are actually on sale. In the past, we had tried putting play slips out in advance, but it caused confusion. Some people tried to use them right away and didn't understand that the game wasn't starting sales until later. We have found that the current approach works best to avoid confusion.
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | November 13, 2017 at 11:14 AM
Thank you for playing, Kevin. We hope that you'll have fun with the new game.
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | November 13, 2017 at 11:11 AM