Turkey's New Year lottery prize to be $15.7M

By Merve Ozlem Cakir

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey’s huge New Year lottery prize will be 61 million liras ($15.7 million) and tickets will go on sale from Nov. 29, it was announced on Wednesday.

A National Lottery General Directorate official told Anadolu Agency the total prize amount will be 349.2 million Turkish liras ($89.9 million).

The draw will be held on Dec. 31.

The second-highest prize will be 10 million liras ($2.57 million).

Lottery tickets will be sold for 60 ($15.4), 30 ($7.7) and 15 Turkish liras ($3.8).

Last year's big prize was 60 million liras ($15.4 million) and was divided among four lucky winners.

The names of the winners were kept secret for security reasons.