Lottery Game Features ‘Instant’ Scratch-Off Prize of $100,000

California Lottery Director Mark Michalko announced cumulative estimated lottery sales of $1.25 billion and unveiled a fifth game Monday with 365 top “instant” scratch-off prizes of $100,000.

The new “Grand Game,” to begin Friday, will offer $179 million in total prizes and give players one chance in 10 overall of winning prizes of $2, $5, $100, $500 and $100,000 on $1 scratch-off tickets, Michalko said.

Winners of $2 and $5 can redeem prizes immediately from vendors and others must submit official lottery claim forms.

Players who scratch off three “entry” symbols will qualify for the weekly televised Big Spin game offering $10,000, $50,000, $100,000, $1 million or the progressive grand prize that starts at $3 million.

The grand prize currently stands at more than $6 million, said lottery security chief Lew Ritter, who added that the wheel used for the spin is “working almost perfectly” according to the law of probability. “It is random, it is fair,” he said.

“For the first time in our history, we are offering a top prize in six figures in the instant scratch-off game,” he said. The fourth game, “California Gold Rush,” ends at midnight Thursday.