VOL. 37 NO. 4
• PAC-MANTM • Lottery Bulk Purchasing • Holy Pickles! • Eduardo Wins Twice • Wooh News Winner! • Scratch for Schools • Millionaire for Life Winner • Share your Story
It was the dawn of a new decade and the dawn of the digital era. Music videos were on television. Progressive rock bands with their soulful lyrics and pulsating synthesizers met the heavy metal guitars of the big hair bands on the airwaves. And video game arcades rose to legendary status. It was the early 1980s and no video game was more acclaimed, celebrated, or iconic than PAC-MANTM. The dot gobbling, ghost evading PAC-MANTM became a cultural phenomenon that led to spin-offs and eventually sparked the in-home video game entertainment revolution. And now, PAC-MANTM is coming to retail stores across the Gem State as the latest, exciting Scratch Game! The new Idaho Lottery Scratch ticket, PAC-MANTM, has a top prize of $50,000 and features all the images that made and keep the game a classic. Players scratch the five PAC-MANTM icons to uncover WINNING NUMBERS. Players then scratch YOUR NUMBERS under the ghosts, keys, cherries, strawberries, and oranges. When players match a WINNING NUMBER to YOUR NUMBER, they win the prize shown for that number. If they reveal a “NOM NOM”
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Retailer Newsletter Published April 2026 symbol, they win double the prize shown. PAC-MANTM features all the classic images, look, and feel of the original arcade game, just without all the 80s sound effects and a joy-stick. So put on a little Air Supply as the in-store background music, or maybe some 38 Special, and tell your players to try PAC-MANTM for the chance to chomp their way to $50k!
LOTTERY BULK PURCHASING LEGISLATION
Last year, Idaho was visited by lottery syndicates who swept into the state purchasing huge quantities of tickets on select games. This activity accounted for roughly 1% of all Lottery sales, but these syndicates claimed 50% of all top prizes over $200,000 and took the winnings out of state. The Idaho Lottery worked with the Legislature this year to pass a measure to curtail large lottery bulk purchase transactions. House Bill 504 has officially been signed by Governor Little and will become Idaho law on July 1, 2026, with the addition of Idaho Code 67-7449: Bulk Purchase Transactions. This bill was brought by the Idaho Lottery to help combat the increasing trend of these corporations coming into Idaho and purchasing large amounts of tickets in an attempt to sway the odds and “buy” the jackpots. This affects both our players and you, our retailers alike. Players lose the fair chance of winning when facing the resources the corporations have to play the lottery. In addition, retailers have had to deal with the disruption of the corporation’s representatives coming in and monopolizing staff time in purchasing the tickets. Below are the key points of the new law. Starting July 1, 2026: • Bulk purchase transactions shall be prohibited in the State of Idaho. Continue to Page 2