Wednesday, May 30, 1973
LAST CHANCE TO BUY LOTTERY TICKETS
Tomorrow (Thursday) is the last chance to buy tickets in the
first Government Lottery of the year.
The tickets will be on sale up till 9 p.m. ou Thursday at all
Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club selling booths. During the day they can
also be obtained at banks and money changers.
Up to 5 p.m. today a total of 536,000 tickets had been sold. The
draw for the lottery will be held at the HK-TVB studio on Friday (June 1) night.
Note to Editors:
Details of the sale will be sent to you on the teleprinter as soon as they are available.
On Friday, the draw for the first, second and third prizes will be held at about 10.30 p.m. during the "Enjoy Yourself Tonight" programme, and it will be televised.
The draw for the winning numbers of the 50 special prizes will not be televised, and it will be held at the studio at about 8.30 p.m.
Results of both draws will be transmitted to you immediately. It is expected that the transmission of all winning numbers will be completed before 11 p.m.
You are invited to have the event covered. Photographers are requested not to use flash lights.
Release time: 7.00 p.m.