Who’s got the golden tickets?

Who’s got the golden tickets?

Lottery officials on the lookout for pair of millionaires

Arkansas Scholarship Lottery

LITTLE ROCK — As 2016 dawned, our nation took in in such news events as Taiwan electing its first female president, Serena Williams being upset in the Australian Open — and the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery's launch of its $20 instant ticket, the $1,000,000 Golden Ticket with four $1 million-dollar prizes.

In February, Lonnie Fay May of McRae became the first millionaire on this ticket when he purchased his top-prize winning $1,000,000 Golden Ticket at Miraj Flash Market in McRae. Then, in April, Jo Jones of Lonoke won $1,000,000 on the Golden Ticket, after eyeing the ticket at Lonoke Shell, and deciding to “go for it.” Were we ever so young?

Now, with autumn of 2016 coming on, two million-dollar prizes still remain to be claimed on this game — which leads the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery to ask: “Who's got the Golden Tickets?”

About the $1,000,000 Golden Ticket The $1,000,000 Golden Ticket is an instant ticket launched January 5th, 2016. In addition to the two $1 million prizes remaining on this ticket, more than $7.3 million in other cash prizes remain on this ticket. The entire amount of prizes still remaining on the $1,000,000 Golden Ticket totals $9,396,035. (All prizes remaining are estimated according to winning tickets that have already been claimed. The ASL cannot determine how many winning tickets may be lost or purchased but as of yet remain unclaimed. All win combinations for each prize amount have been combined into the same prize tier row. Prizes remaining are updated daily.) About the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery More than 92 cents of every dollar of Lottery revenue goes to prizes, scholarships, retailer commissions and other expenses in Arkansas. Since Lottery sales started in 2009, the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery has provided more than $600 million for in-state college scholarships to Arkansas students, $2 billion in prizes to players and $170 million in commissions to Lottery retailers.

Follow the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Visit www.MyArkansasLottery.c om for more information on scholarships, winners, games, odds, promotions, and to join the free Play it Again Rewards Club. To hear winning numbers, call the Winning Numbers Hotline at 501-682-IWON (4966). To get help with problem gambling, contact the National Problem Gambling Helpline at 1-800-5224700.

From Stephen Koch