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Friend buys King Kong Millions jackpot ticket in memory of Fay Wray
New York Lottery Director Nancy A. Palumbo announces the launch of King Kong Millions, the big jackpot game guaranteed to create the most millionaires ever on one drawing.
Tickets for the King Kong Millions game officially went on sale this morning at 5:30 am. This exciting new promotional game will only be offered for a limited time and will have a starting jackpot of $50 million which will grow based on sales. In addition to the large starting jackpot, King Kong Millions will also award a minimum of 5, $1 million second prizes and a minimum of 10, third prizes of $100,000.
"The New York Lottery is very excited about the launch of King Kong Millions", said Palumbo. "New Yorkers like the idea of multiple millionaires being produced from a single drawing. King Kong Millions is guaranteed to produce at least six new millionaires on this one drawing, the largest number of individual millionaires created from a single jackpot drawing in the history of The New York Lottery!"
Lydia A. Ruth, Director of Public Relations and Special Events Coordinator at the Empire State Building and a close friend of Fay Wray, joined Lottery Director Palumbo at the Empire State Building this morning at 7:30 am to kick things off by purchasing the first ticket ever sold there for the King Kong Millions jackpot game.
"I am very excited to purchase the first ticket sold at the Empire State Building for the King Kong Million's game, which I am doing in Fay Wray's memory. As a good friend to me and the building, I know she would be thrilled", said Lydia A. Ruth, Director of Public Relations for the building. "The release of New York Lottery's King Kong Million's game and Universal Studios remake of the 1933 classic will bring a tremendous amount of publicity to the world's most famous building and obviously to the New York State Lottery. Wouldn't it be great if I won"?
"King Kong, like the Empire State Building, is a New York icon. The King Kong Millions game is an exciting way to bring this fabulous icon back to New Yorkers and generate additional revenue for education. The New York Lottery is thrilled to have the opportunity to hold the drawing for this unique game at the Empire State Building and to partner with Universal Studios as they release the remake of the classic hit King Kong", said Palumbo.
New Yorkers can purchase their tickets at any New York Lottery retailer for four weeks leading up to the jackpot drawing, which will take place at the top of the Empire State Building on Monday, December 5, at approximately 10:45 PM. The drawing will be aired live on participating official New York Lottery draw stations.
Tickets for the King Kong Millions game will be sold at 1 for $2, 3 for $5 and 7 for $10. For each game played, a unique 9-digit number will be generated. Since no duplicate numbers will be issued, King Kong Millions guarantees that all prizes will be awarded and none of the prizes will be shared. Players must match the complete 9 digit number in the exact sequence to win. Just like Lotto or Mega Millions, players can select a jackpot prize payment option of cash value or annual payments.
The New York Lottery created the new promotional game to tie in with the release of Peter Jackson's remake of the 1933 classic King Kong movie which will arrive in theatres on December 14th.
In addition to announcing the launch of the King Kong Millions game, the New York Lottery also announced their newest winner of $1,000 a Week for Life. Helen Havens of the Bronx, a receptionist at the Mount St. Ursula Convent, said she was very excited to have won so close to the Christmas season. She wasn't sure exactly how she would spend her newfound fortune, but her husband had already requested new clothes. Havens' plans to remain at her job because she says the people she works with are so good to her. She is the 3rd Bronx County millionaire and 61st New York Lottery millionaire of 2005.
Win For Life is the most popular instant game ticket offered by the New York Lottery and gives players 2 chances to win up to $1,000 a week for life. Havens will receive her prize in quarterly payments of $13,000 less required tax withholdings each year for the rest of her life. She or her estate is guaranteed to receive at least $1,000,000.
Since 1967, the New York Lottery has generated more than $27 billion in aid to education statewide, including a record $2 billion in fiscal year 2004-2005 on revenues of $6.27 billion.
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