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To urge consumers in Washington to play the lottery in social groups, Washington’s Lottery on April 4 launched its Play Together, Win Together campaign that’s leveraging a partnership with the Seattle Sounders to bring its message to life at the team’s soccer matches through October. 

To promote the new $5 scratch-off game, Minute to Win It, the New York Lottery teamed up with NBC Universal’s game show of the same name for a mobile tour that has turned out to be in the top five most successful new ticket launches in the history of the state’s lottery, according to post-tour metrics.

To kick off the 20th anniversary of its children’s I Spy series, Scholastic on April 13 created a publicity stunt that gathered 20 second-graders to engage in a live version of the seek-and-find activities found in the beloved book series. The publisher hand picked the New York City second-graders to compete in finding 20 objects hidden around a 12-foot-high I Spy-themed cake on Military Island in Times Square. 

Planters is crossing the country this spring and summer in a brand-new mobile vehicle called the Nutmobile, a 25-foot 2011 Isuzu Series NPR truck that runs on biodiesel, is powered by solar panels and a wind turbine and features flooring made from reclaimed wood (Build: Turtle Transit, Lancaster, MA). The Naturally Remarkable Tour kicked off Feb. 23 and is visiting 16 cities through August where the brand will sample its products and spread its eco-friendly message.