| Three
new state lottery games set to debut One of them, Oklahoma Cash 5, comes with
a top cash prize of $25,000 OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma Lottery
Commission announced three new games Thursday, including Oklahoma Cash 5, which
comes with a top cash prize of $25,000. Oklahoma Cash 5 tickets are scheduled
to go on sale at 4 a.m. Friday. "The idea is for something new, fresh,"
said Jim Scroggins, the Oklahoma Lottery's executive director. "Players always
look for a new game, a new idea." To play the Oklahoma Cash 5 game, players select five numbers
between one and 36. Players win by matching at least two numbers selected
during a drawing at 9:10 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday. In addition to
the top prize, players also can win free tickets or lesser cash prizes, depending
on how many numbers they match. Revenue from the game is expected to range
between $300,000 and $400,000 per week, officials predict. The Labor Day
holiday marks a good time to start the new games, Scroggins said. Not only
is it a long weekend, but football season is beginning, school has started again
and people are getting back into their regular routines, which he says helps boost
lottery ticket sales. Scroggins said recently that high gasoline prices
and other factors hampered lottery sales this summer. Other games include
two new "scratch-off" tickets, including a Monopoly theme and "Football
Fever," which features game cards in University of Oklahoma red and Oklahoma
State University orange hues. Both games come with a $500 top prize. Tulsa
ticket set to expire: Also, Scroggins said, a $400,000 Powerball lottery ticket
that was sold in Tulsa expires Sept. 28. The ticket was purchased at the
QuikTrip at 9037 S. Yale Ave. for the April 1 drawing. |