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Bruins Scratch-Off Tickets Offer $50K Top Prize
Profits made from ticket sales will provide local aid to 351 cities and towns across the state.
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The Boston Bruins have teamed up with the Massachusetts State Lottery to create Bruins-branded tickets that offer a total of $22 million in cash prizes.
In preparation for the first home game of the upcoming season, the 2014 Boston Bruins Instant Tickets is giving away more than 3 million prizes ranging from $2 to $4,000 and ten 10 prizes of $50,000.
The $2 scratch-off tickets went on sale at 7,400 licensed retailers across the state on Tuesday.
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Participants with losing tickets get another chance to win in a second-chance drawing where they can win up to $25,000 in cash and custom Bruins memorabilia. There will be five second-chance drawings held on the ice during Bruins home games.
Ticket sales are expected to reach $30.2 million, providing about $5.8 million in unrestricted local aid to Massachusetts towns, according to Massachusetts State Lottery.
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Since 2009, these Bruins-branded offerings have earned over $140.9 million in sales and have provided $24 million in aid, the largest amount of aid given to towns across the Commonwealth.
For more information, go to the Massachusetts State Lottery website.
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