The Kansas Lottery is offering a free $2 ticket to anyone who buys $5 or more in Mega Millions on Friday, April 15.
According to a lottery spokesman, the free $2 Hot Lotto with Sizzler ticket, with a quick pick, includes a jackpot in which taxes are paid by the lottery.
The Tax Day Free Play promotion will run from 5 a.m. to 8:59 p.m. Friday, April 15, only.
The Hot Lotto jackpot for the Saturday, April 16, drawing is an estimated $2.05 million.
Kansas players have captured seven Hot Lotto jackpots since joining the game in 2006. The largest Hot Lotto winner in Kansas was Lori Boyle of Independence, who won $12.9 million in July 2007.
The deadline for paying income taxes this year is Monday, April 18, a few days later than normal because of the Emancipation Day holiday being observed in Washington, D.C. April 15.