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MONDAY, MAY 13, 1974.
MORE CASH PRIZES IN THIS YEAR'S GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES
TICKETS NOW ON SALE
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EVERYONE STANDS A BIGGER CHANCE OF STRIKING IT RICH IN THIS YEAR'S GOVERNMENT LUTTERIES SERIES WHICH FEATURE BIGGER AND MORE CASH PRIZES TO BE WON.
THIS YEAR THERE WILL BE 10 LOTTERIES, THREE MORE THAN LAST YEAR: EXCEPT FOR THE FIRST, WHICH WILL LAST THREE WEEKS FROM TODAY, THE OTHERS WILL BE HELD AT FORTNIGHTLY INTERVALS.
TICKETS FOR THE FIRST ARE NOW ON SALE AT $2 FROM ALL ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB SELLING BOOTHS, FERRY PIERS AND FROM VARIOUS BANK OFFICES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.
A NEW FEATURE IN THIS YEAR'S LOTTERIES IS THE INTRODUCTION OF 106 CONSOLATION PRIZES, IN ADDITION TO THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND 50 SPECIAL PRIZES TO BE WON.
OUTLINING THE NEW FEATURE AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, MR. KAI-YIN CHAU, SAID CONSOLATION PRIZES WOULD BE PAID ON THOSE TICKET NUMBERS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING OR FOLLOWING ANY OF THE WINNING NUMBERS, IN THE DRAW.
EACH CONSOLATION PRIZE WOULD BE WORTH 0.1 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL PROCEEDS, THE SAME AMOUNT AS A SPECIAL PRIZE, HE SAID.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF PRIZES WILL TAKE UP 60 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL PROCEEDS WITH THE REST GOING TO THE LOTTERIES FUND TO BE USED FOR THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY WELFARE PROJECTS. THE FIRST PRIZE WILL BE WORTH 40 PER CENT OF THE PROCEEDS, THE SECOND PRIZE FOUR PER CENT AND THE THIRD 0.4 PER CENT.
+IF, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE MILLION TICKETS AT $2 EACH WERE SOLD, THE FIRST PRIZE WOULD FETCH $800,000, THE SECOND PRIZE $80,000, THE THIRD $8,000, A SPECIAL PRIZE $2,000 AND A CONSOLATION PRIZE ALSU $2,000, + MR. CHAU EXPLAINED.
+THERE IS THUS A CHANCE THAT THREE TICKETS WITH CONSECUTIVE NUMBERS BOUGHT AT THE SAME TIME WILL FETCH A TOTAL OF $6,000 IF THE MIDDLE TICKET WINS A SPECIAL PRIZE.
+THE TOTAL WINNINGS IS OF COURSE CONSIDERABLY HIGHER IF THE MIDDLE TICKET WINS ONE OF THE HIGHER PRIZES,+ MR. CHAU SAID.
AS ANOTHER ATTRACTION FOR THIS YEAR'S LOTTERIES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE INVITED TO HELP POPULAR ARTISTES TO DRAW NUMBERS FOR THE WINNING TICKETS.
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FOR THE FIRST DRAW, TO BE HELD ON JUNE 1 IN THE CITY HALL
MISS WONG KAR MAN, THEATRE, FOUR COMMERCIAL RADIO ARTISTES MISS YIU KWONG MAN, MISS LEUNG YUK PING AND MR. LOK SHIH TAKE PART.
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