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Los Alamos Man Multiplies Powerball Prize; Power Play® Takes $200,000 to $400,000
04/02/08 ALBUQUERQUE,New Mexico: By simply spending one more buck, Los Alamos resident Regino Gonzales multiplied his recent $200,000 Powerball ® prize into a $400,000 windfall. For the March 8 drawing, Gonzales purchased five quick pick plays. He also spent an additional $1 on each wager for the Power Play ® feature. Power Play multiplies non-jackpot prizes two, three, four or five times, depending on the Power Play number drawn. After the drawing, Gonzales discovered that his ticket’s numbers - 17, 29, 31, 34 and 49 matched the five white balls drawn for a $200,000 prize. Gonzales and wife Deborah immediately called their daughter, Wendi, to share the exciting news. Wendi - slightly more composed than her parents - asked about the multiplier. Suddenly, Gonzales realized that his $200,000 ticket was worth twice as much, thanks to Power Play.
Winning is so much better when is multiplied, Gonzales said. The self-employed businessman said part of his prize would go toward a green 1955 Chevy Nomad. He also plans to give a cash gift to his daughter’s family and make investments. Wendi told us that at times like this, she’s glad she’s an only child, Gonzales quipped. The winning ticket was purchased at Quik Stop No. 2 located at 11 Rover Blvd. in White Rock. This lottery retailer has sold 13 other large prize-winning tickets ranging between $1,000 and $250,000.
ALBUQUERQUE,NM., To celebrate Valentine’s Day, the New Mexico Lottery is bringing back the popular $10,000 Betty Boop * Scratcher game. Under the theme Betty through the Decades, the game depicts the curvy cutie in six retro ticket scenes, including Flapper Betty, Summer-of-Love Betty and Disco Betty. In the play area, feather boas, peace signs, electric guitars and dance club strobe lights conceal winning numbers and possible prizes. Available now at $2 a ticket, the game features top prizes of $10,000.
As a legendary femme fatale, Betty Boop is a sweetheart subject for a Valentine’s Day Scratcher game, sales from which will benefit Legislative Lottery Scholarships, an in-state tuition assistance program for New Mexico residents attending public colleges and universities. In her previous four runs as a New Mexico Lottery Scratcher, Betty Boop has been a sell-out game in a matter of weeks.
Sizzler Feature Multiplies Prizes by Three Net Revenues Support Legislative Lottery Scholarships January 3, 2008
ALBUQUERQUE The New Mexico Lottery today introduced a feature that will give Hot Lotto® players a chance to win larger prizes. Called Sizzler, the feature will automatically multiply all non-jackpot prizes by three on every drawing. With Sizzler, a winning $10,000 Hot Lotto ticket will be multiplied into a $30,000 prize. The Sizzler feature costs an additional $1 per play and is available now at 1,100 lottery retailers statewide. To play Hot Lotto, players select five numbers from one to 39 and one Hot Ball number from one to 19. Each play is priced at $1. Players can win prizes by matching their numbers to the numbers drawn in one of nine ways. Hot Lotto jackpots start at $1 million and increase by at least $50,000 per drawing until someone wins. Drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday evenings. The New Mexico Lottery had its first Hot Lotto jackpot winner in August 2007 when Edward Boyd of Farmington matched the drawn numbers of 3, 11, 18, 34, 38 and the red Hot Lotto of 3. Boyd and a player in Minnesota shared the estimated $2 million annuity jackpot equally.