Lights out. Cue the creepy organ music and a blood-curdling
scream.
To celebrate Halloween, the New Mexico Lottery’s latest
Scratcher game glows in the dark. Called “Glowing Ghouls,” the $2-game
offers six ticket scenes that change in dark places to reveal the presence of ghosts
haunting a hairy spider, skeletons rattling the nerves of other skeletons and menacing
crows perching on a spineless scarecrow. In the play area, potential winning
numbers are concealed behind images of skulls and grinning jack o’ lanterns.
Available now, “Glowing Ghouls” features top prizes of $10,000.
The New Mexico Lottery is the first U.S. lottery to offer a glow-in-the-dark game.
Varnishes applied when the tickets were printed glow in the dark after exposure
to a strong light source, such as a light bulb.
The ticket scenes were illustrated by Dominic Sedillo, 27, a New Mexico Lottery
graphic designer and devoted fan of horror movies.
“I wanted to tell an unexpected Halloween story about witches and mummies who are
being creeped out by their fellow ghouls,” Sedillo said.
$367 Million for Education
The sale of lottery games benefits an in-state college tuition program. Since
1996, the lottery has raised $367 million for education and more than 50,000 students
have attended college on Legislative Lottery Scholarships. Information about
Legislative Lottery Scholarships and student eligibility
is available at www.nmlottery.com.
