CONCORD NH Officials at the New Hampshire Lottery announce the launch of a new $2 jackpot game TriState Megabucks Plus®. This game will replace TriState Megabucks® which in 1985 became the first multistate lottery game in the nation.
This is part of the New Hampshire Lotterys ongoing efforts to enhance our product offerings and give our players new and better games said Executive Director Rick Wisler. This is more than a revamping of a current product. TriState Megabucks Plus® is a whole new game. The rolling jackpots will now all start at one million dollars the second tier prize is now bigger and the overall odds of winning are better.
TriState Megabucks Plus® tickets went on sale in New Hampshire Vermont and Maine on July 26 2009. Megabucks Plus® players will select five numbers from a field of 1 to 41 and then select one Megaball number from separate field of 1 to 6. Megabucks Plus® drawings will be held every Wednesday and Saturday.
The odds of winning in Megabucks Plus® have gotten significantly better. The chances of winning a prize in the original game were approximate 1 in 21. Now the overall chances of winning a prize are 1 in 6 the best of all of New Hampshires jackpot games.
Over the past year the New Hampshire Lottery has made many significant changes to its jackpot games and scratch ticket offerings. In January Powerball® was enhanced to generate bigger grand prizes in a shorter time. In February the TriState Paycheck® drawing was replaced with TriState Weekly Grand®. The Lottery also has rolled out several highprofile licensed instant games such as Boston Celtics Gold Boston Red Sox and Billboard.
Were listening to our players and doing all that we can to offer them the kinds of games they want. Whenever weve made an enhancement or offered a new lottery product its always outperformed the game its replacing said Wisler.
The last drawing of TriState Megabucks® game was be on Saturday July 25th 2009. When it was launched on September 3 1985 TriState Megabucks® was the first multistate lottery game in the country. Its success paved the way for other multistate games such as Powerball® and Hot Lotto®.