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December 04, 2014

26 New York Lottery Players are off to Las Vegas!

Second-chance drawing winners have a chance to be on the nationally televised “MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™” game show to launch in February

 

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December 4, 2014                                                                news@lottery.ny.gov

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SCHENECTADY, NY – Twenty-six lucky New York Lottery players have been selected to travel to Las Vegas for the chance to appear on the nationally syndicated MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™  television game show and compete for cash prizes of up to $1 million. The winners are the first to be randomly selected as part of a recurring second-chance drawing associated with New York’s popular new Monopoly Millionaires’ Club multistate lottery game.

New York’s inaugural group of MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB second-chance drawing winners include:


  • John Canova of East Meadow
  • Jose Cruz of Hauppauge
  • Weihong Dai of Manhattan
  • Ricardo Digno of Jamaica
  • Bacilo Garcia of Queens
  • Slyvia Guagliardo of Webster
  • Kaisha Hemingway of Brooklyn
  • Kim Klastrow of Pine Island
  • Cindy Morelle of Utica
  • Giovanni Pedron of Oakland Gardens
  • Sharon Pizer of Frankfort
  • Matthew Snyder of Massapequa Park
  • Gary Worrell of Hempstead
  • Nilda Bishop of Brooklyn
  • Rick Bronson of Mexico
  • Frank Chara of Longbeach
  • Mary Fortunato of Hopewell Junction
  • Cindy Greaves of Yonkers
  •  Edna Herrera of Brooklyn
  • Peter Keane of Broad Channel
  • Raymond John Passero of Mahopac
  • Donna Schechter of Westbury
  • Michele Vergo of Brooklyn
  • Patricia Whipple of Middle Grove
  • Angela Williams of Jamaica

The players were randomly selected as trip winners after entering unique web codes from their MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB lottery game tickets at www.playmmc.com. Each winner plus one guest each will receive a five day, four night trip to Las Vegas where “THE MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB” TV show will be taped. Each New York winner’s name, as well as the names of other Monopoly Millionares’ Club winners from other participating states, will be entered into a random drawing to select contestants to appear on the one-of-a-kind game Lottery game show to be hosted by Billy Gardell of “Mike & Molly.” Contestants will play a variety of Monopoly-themed games for a chance to win cash prizes of up to $1 million.

The TV game show will be taped at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Trip winners and their guests will stay at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. The show will begin airing in early-February.

The lucky players earned their entries into the drawing pool after completing MONOPOLY-themed Property Sets by submitting web codes from their MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB lottery game tickets at www.playmmc.com.

In addition to having the chance to be a contestant on the national show, each MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB second chance drawing winner is eligible to be randomly selected from the studio audience for that state’s local segment. The local segments will be taped at iconic locations in Las Vegas and will be inserted as one-minute segments within the national show. Each television market will receive a version of the show that includes at least one local segment featuring a contestant from that state.

The next deadline for entries for the trip and a shot at being a contestant on the televised Game Show is January 6. The next Monopoly Millionares’ Club second chance drawing will be conducted on Jan. 13.

Entries for a specific drawing are void after each drawing.

About the New York Lottery

The New York Lottery continues to be North America’s largest and most profitable Lottery, contributing $3.17 billion in fiscal year 2013-2014 to help support education in New York State. The Lottery’s contribution represents 15 percent of total state education aid to local school districts.

 

New York Lottery revenue is distributed to local school districts by the same statutory formula used to distribute other state aid to education. It takes into account both a school district’s size and its income level; larger, lower-income school districts receive proportionately larger shares of Lottery school funding.

 

About the MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB Multi-State Lottery Game

The MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB Lottery game features three ways to win at least $1 million: In the weekly drawing for the Top Prize, which is capped at $25 million; in the $1 million Club drawings that occur only when the Top Prize is won; and on the TV game show of the same name. Drawings take place every Friday at 11:15 p.m. EST. Tickets are $5 each. Currently, MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB lottery game tickets are available in 23 states around the country. The MONOPOLY name and logos are trademarks of Hasbro. The distinctive design of the game board, the four corner squares, the MR. MONOPOLY name and character, as well as each of the distinctive elements of the board and playing pieces, are trademarks of Hasbro, Inc. for its property trading game and game equipment. ©1935, 2014 Hasbro, Pawtucket, RI 02862. All Rights Reserved.

 


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