PHOENIX (June 13, 2011) — The Arizona Lottery announced the World Series of Poker® (WSOP®) Scratchers℠ second chance drawing winners today, awarding two grand prize packages and eight World Series of Poker® branded merchandise prize packs.  

Eric Perez of Goodyear and Keith Komar of Phoenix were drawn as the grand prize winners, receiving the opportunity to travel to Las Vegas and a seat at the 2011 World Series of Poker® Main Event.

Perez, 25, entered approximately 60 WSOP® Scratchers into the second chance drawing. He is a recreational poker player and is planning to bring his wife with him to the tournament in Las Vegas.

“I can’t wait to get to Vegas and start playing,” said Perez. “I didn’t think I was actually going to win, but I bought tickets slowly and kept cashing in the winning ones to buy more.”

“This is so exciting!  I just hope I don’t hurt my back jumping up and down,” said Komar, a stay-at-home dad. “As soon as we get off the phone, I’m going to call my wife who’s at work right now.”

The grand prize package includes roundtrip airfare to Las Vegas for each winner and a guest, along with four nights and five days of hotel accommodations, ground transportation, tournament entry fee valued at $10,000, and $500 in spending money.

“It is especially exciting to award the World Series of Poker® prizes, since it is such a unique and popular Scratchers ticket,” said Jeff Hatch-Miller, executive director of the Arizona Lottery. “We’re thrilled to know that Arizona will be represented in such a renowned national poker event.”

A World Series of Poker® Prize Package, containing one WSOP® branded 300 Chip Poker Set, a WSOP® shuffling shoe, and a WSOP® folding poker table topper, was awarded to the following eight Arizona players:  David Martinez, William York, Joseph Schiller, Dale Hiller, Tim Merker, John Brakey, Joshua Oehler and Ismael Perez. 

If you’re looking for something new and are at least 21 years of age, look no further.  Each month, the Arizona Lottery introduces new Scratchers? games for our players. The new Scratchers available Tuesday, June 7, are:


 

Double Lucky 7’s	Tic Tac Toe	5X Cash

Tic Tac Toe – this $1 ticket offers a top prize of $1,000

Double Lucky 7’s – this $2 ticket offers a top prize of $7,000

5X Cash – this $5 ticket offers a top prize of $50,000

 
 

We hear exciting stories and see smiling faces every day as we greet our winners and hand out checks.

 

A New Member of the Arizona’s Millionaire Club

A man, who was fortunate enough to win $100,000 on Powerball right after it started, came up with his second win – and it was a big one.  He purchased two Arizona’s Millionaire Club Scratchers tickets from the Fry’s Food Store located at 3255 S. Rural Rd., Tempe, and one of the tickets was a $1,000,000 winner.

Since he shops all the time at the store, he had the clerk scan it to be sure he was correct.  Once he had it validated, he went home, signed the back of the ticket and took a picture of the front and back of it. 

Our winner is retired from the National Guard as well as from his position handling damage claims for a utility company.  He does volunteer work for a food bank and has volunteered at Ronald McDonald House.  And now he’ll be able to finish restoring his ’64 Chevrolet.  This latest win, since it’s an annuity, will help take stress off of daily living. He’ll receive $40,000 a year (before taxes) for 25 years.                                                         

To see more Lottery winners,click here.

The Pick™ and Powerball® drawings are held Wednesday and Saturday evenings.  Mega Millions® drawings are held Tuesday and Friday evenings.  Fantasy 5™, CA$H4™, 2by2™, and Pick 3™ drawings are held Monday through Saturday evenings. 

Players can also check their numbers on this website or by calling the winning numbers hotline at 480-829-PICK in Phoenix and 1-800-499-3798 in all other Arizona areas.