Flash sale offered for Holiday Millionaire Raffle tickets

With less than 17,000 tickets left in the Holiday Millionaire Raffle, Kansas Lottery officials are offering a flash sale now through Jan. 2.

Anyone who purchases a $20 Holiday Millionaire Raffle ticket will receive a $6 Powerball Quick Pick ticket at no additional charge, according to lottery officials. The raffle drawing will be Thursday, Jan. 2. The Powerball drawing will be Wednesday, with a $220 million jackpot.

At 3:30 p.m. Dec. 30, the lottery’s website listed 16,481 raffle tickets left to sell, with just days left in the contest.

The flash sale will run through 2:50 a.m. Jan. 2, or until the last Holiday Millionaire Raffle ticket is sold, whichever comes first.

The Kansas Lottery will hold a live television announcement of the $1 million winning raffle number, which is scheduled to air at 11:58 a.m. Jan. 2.

Players must match their Holiday Millionaire Raffle numbers in exact order drawn to win, according to a lottery spokesman. Winners must produce their original raffle ticket to claim a prize. All prizes must be claimed within 365 days of the grand prize drawing, according to the spokesman.