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Lottery Celebrates 150th Birthday of Kansas

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Lottery Celebrates 150th Birthday of Kansas

 New Game Offers Original Artwork by Kansas Artists

 The Kansas Lottery is honoured to help commemorate the Kansas Sesquicentennial by launching a special game in which players have a chance to win an original work of art by a Kansas artist.

 The Lottery has commissioned 10 original paintings to be second-chance drawing prizes in a $2 instant scratch game called “Kansas 150.” The game is being sent to Lottery retailers throughout the state the last week of January, to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Kansas becoming a state.

 “The Kansas Lottery is pleased to launch a game that will promote the history and beauty of Kansas, as well as the talented artists of the Sunflower State,” said Kansas Lottery Executive Director Ed Van Petten. “We anticipate our great players will support this game enthusiastically, as they do all of our Kansas-themed games.” Kansas 150

 Players can win instant prizes of up to $10,000 playing Kansas 150. Players with non-winning tickets may enter them into a second-chance drawing to be held August 12, 2011. In the drawing, ten lucky players will each win a grand prize of an original framed artwork done by a Kansas artist. (See list below). Each prize also includes $2,000 cash, plus the Lottery pays the mandatory income withholding taxes on the prizes. The total value of each of the ten grand prizes is estimated at approximately $5,000. The deadline for entries to be received is August 9. Details of how to enter can be found on the back of Kansas 150 tickets or at www.kslottery. com.

 The Kansas 150 game features four of the original works of art in alternating scenes on the front of the tickets. The official Kansas Sesquicentennial logo is also included, along with the website www.ks150.org.

 In the simple match play action, players will scratch off a field of sunflowers to find out if their symbols match the winning symbols to win an instant cash prize. There is also a bonus scratch area.

 All artists were given the task of creating an original artwork with a Kansas theme that would have state-wide significance. The ten Kansas 150 Artists and the themes of their artworks are:

 1. Joe Bucher

 “Cattle Drive up the Chisholm Trail”

 2. Michael J. Walsh

 “The Train Station in Strong City”

 3. Gary Ozias

 “Kansas Pride, the American Bison”

  4. Chun Wang

  “The Wyandotte Convention”

  5. Cathie Thompson

 “Modern Farming”

 6. Don Dane

 “Native American Chief”

 7. Susan Sinclair-Shields

 “Kansas Aviation History”

 8. Jamie Lavin

 “Sunset - Where the Trails Divide”

 9. Elaine Lierly Jones

 “Famous Kansans”

 10. Daniel Brewer

 “Nicodemus, Kansas”

 This is the second time the Kansas Lottery has offered players original works of art as second-chance prizes. In 2009, the Lottery gave away nine original paintings of the Kansas Byways done by world-famous Kansas artist Stan Herd.

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