Monday, May 15, 2006

Charity Lottery Launches Scratch Cards

Charity lottery sold in aid of the Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles (Spanish National Organization for the Blind), ONCE, today launched their new instant win scratch card product, "El Rasca de la ONCE", which was announced recently, on May 11. Tickets went on sale today, with instant win prizes of up to 3,000 Euros for just 50 cents (around 35 pence).

Every series of 10 million tickets includes 20 prizes of 3,000 Euros (c. £2,000); 300 prizes of 100 Euros; 10,000 prizes of 10 Euros; 50,000 prizes of 5 Euros; 200,000 prizes of 2 Euros; 800,000 prizes of 1 Euros and 1,800,000 prizes of 50 cents, which, depending on the amount, can be claimed directly from the seller, ONCE establishments or collaborating banks.

ONCE have launched this new product in order to help the organization maintain its services and to compete against the multitude of new national and international lottery games that have been launched on the market recently.

Last year, for the first time in its history, ONCE returned a loss, after sales of tickets fell by 10% in 2005. As with the familiar ONCE lottery tickets, the new instant win scratch cards can be purchased from any of their 22,000 agents.

Efforts have been made to guarantee that the probabilities are equal for all tickets and all points of sale, but even if you don't win, think of it as a donation to a very worthy cause.

El Rasca de la ONCE" sale hoy a la venta

ONCE Lottery Official Site