SACRAMENTO – The California Lottery today announced a renewed partnership with Breeders’ Cup Ltd. and the Oak Tree Racing Association for a Breeders’ Cup Classic Lottery Sweepstakes worth $230,000 in prizes to lucky players.
“We are excited to continue our Breeders’ Cup promotion,” Lottery Director Joan Borucki said. “Many California Lottery players are also horse racing fans that enjoy our Daily Derby game, so this promotion gives them another event that combines the fun of Lottery games with the excitement of horse racing.”
To participate, players must purchase $5 Hot Spot tickets at any one of 21,000 Lottery retail locations between now and the day before the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Oak Tree on November 7. With their Hot Spot ticket, players will receive an entry code coupon that can be entered into the drawing by visiting the Lottery’s Web site (www.calottery.com/breederscup). Players will then be given a Quick-Pick of a horse to be entered in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. All players who have matched the winning horse in the Classic will be entered into a drawing where 456 winners will share the total prize of $230,000. One lucky winner will receive the top prize of $50,000 and five others will receive $25,000 each.
Oak Tree at Santa Anita will host the 26th Breeders’ Cup World Championships on November 6 and 7.
More than 95 cents of every Lottery dollar is returned to the community in the form of contributions to education, prizes and retail commissions. The California Lottery contributes at least 34 cents of every dollar that players spend on Lottery products to public education and returns more than 50 percent of sales to players in the form of prizes. Since its inception in 1985, Lottery players have contributed nearly $21 billion to California schools out of total sales of more than $56 billion. Retailers benefit too, earning $3.6 billion in compensation since 1985.