Lottery gambles on Houston Texans game - Houston Business Journal:

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The scratch-off game cards will debutr later this summer to coincide with the start of the 2009 National FootballLeagur season. The $5 game offers instant-win prize s from $5 to $100,000 and second-chance drawinv prizes that include collectible Texans merchandise and a topprize “Texansx VIP Suite” package, whic includes a day at a game duriny the 2009 or 2010 season in a luxury suite for 14 guests including airfarse and hotel accomodations.
“We hope to reacu some new customers through the power of the HoustonTexan brand,” said Gary Grief, Texas Lottery deputy executive This game is a win-win for the Texaz Lottery and the Houston Texans, and we expect the game to generates significant revenue for the Foundatiom School Fund.” The Foundation School Fund, administered by the Texas Educatiom Agency, uses a portion of lottery proceedx toward funding public education in the state. Texans Presidentt Jamey Rootes said the game will allow the NFL team to interac t with fans in auniquwe way.
“It gives us a chancew for fans to deepen their relationship with the Texans and for us to establis a relationship with the general Rootes said. “We already suppory educational programs, so considering the Texasa Lottery generatednearly $1 billion in 2008 for it’s great to be able to do something to get behinx that.”