The New Mexico Lottery today introduced a feature that will give Hot Lotto® players a chance to win larger prizes.
Called “Sizzler,” the feature will automatically multiply all non-jackpot prizes by three on every drawing. With Sizzler, a winning $10,000 Hot Lotto ticket will be multiplied into a $30,000 prize. The Sizzler feature costs an additional $1 per play and is available now at 1,100 lottery retailers statewide.
To play Hot Lotto, players select five numbers from one to 39 and one “Hot Ball” number from one to 19. Each play is priced at $1. Players can win prizes by matching their numbers to the numbers drawn in one of nine ways. Hot Lotto jackpots start at $1 million and increase by at least $50,000 per drawing until someone wins. Drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday evenings.
The New Mexico Lottery had its first Hot Lotto jackpot winner in August 2007 when Edward Boyd of Farmington matched the drawn numbers of 3, 11, 18, 34, 38 and the red Hot Lotto of 3. Boyd and a player in Minnesota shared the estimated $2 million annuity jackpot equally.
Hot Lotto is played in the District of Columbia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota and West Virginia. Later in the month, Oklahoma and Delaware will join the game.
$337 Million Raised for Education
Net revenues from the sale of all New Mexico Lottery games benefit the Legislative Lottery Scholarship program, which provides in-state tuition assistance for New Mexico residents attending public colleges and universities.
Since its inception in 1996, the lottery has raised more than $337 million for college tuition and school construction and repairs in New Mexico. In the last decade, more than 48,000 students have attended college on Legislative Lottery Scholarships. Information about Legislative Lottery Scholarships is available at
www.nmlottery.com
