RALEIGH – This Tuesday brings a new lottery game that offers more than 3,000 top prizes of $500. The $5 game, Hit $500!, begins with more than $15.3 million in total prizes. Overall odds of winning are 1 in 3.98 and the odds of winning a top prize are 1 in 1,463.

Two more games will show up in stores this week, including a new $3 game $50,000 Lucky Numbers. The game begins with more than $6 million in total prizes and five top prizes of $50,000. Odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 624,000. Approximate overall odds of winning including break-even prizes are 1 in 4.20.

Triple Fortune! is a $2 game that starts with four top prizes of $30,000 and more than $5.9 million in total prizes. Odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 1.1 million. Approximate overall odds of winning including break-even prizes are 1 in 4.56.

New scratch-off games begin on the first Tuesday of every month. Ticket sales for instant games have helped the lottery to raise more than $3.3 billion for the state. For details on how lottery funds make a difference, click on the “Where the Money Goes” tab on the lottery’s website.