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Give the Gift of a Winning Lottery Ticket with New Holiday-Themed Instant Games

By Pamela Skillings, About.com

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Feeling lucky this holiday season? New York Lottery has introduced several holiday-themed instant games. You might just earn a few extra bucks to buy presents this year. New York Lottery instant game tickets also make fun holiday gifts.

King Kong

In honor of the upcoming release of Peter Jackson’s remake of King Kong, the New York Lottery is offering two games named after the famous monkey:

King Kong Millions is a jackpot drawing for a top prize of $50 million and runner-up prizes of $1 million and $100,000. King Kong Millions is similar to a traditional “raffle” -- winning tickets will be randomly selected only from the “pool” of tickets sold for the King Kong Millions Game. On Monday evening, December 5, 2005, the Lottery will announce live the 9-digit winning number. You can buy 1 game for $2, 3 games for $5, or 7 games for $10.

The King Kong Instant Scratch-Off Game costs $10. Scratch off the matching numbers and you can win a record top prize of $8 million instantly.

Holiday Grab Bag

The Holiday Grab Bag instant game offers three ways to win. Match 3 like numbers or like amounts in any row, column or diagonal. Or match your numbers to the winning numbers and win the prize shown. Tickets cost $5 and the top prize is $250,000.

Extreme Frosty

With Extreme Frosty, you win by scratching off three like amounts. Tickets are $1 and the top prize is $2,500.

Winning Wishes

Match your numbers with the winning numbers or uncover gift or star symbols to win. Tickets cost $2 and the top prize is $25,000.

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