White House Easter Egg Roll Lottery Opens Today

The ticket raffle for the wildly popular White House Easter Egg Roll starts today.

An online lottery system will distribute thousands of tickets for the 2013 White House Easter Egg Roll. The event is open to children ages 13 and younger and their families.

This year’s White House Easter Egg Roll is April 1 on the South Lawn of the White House.

The lottery is open at 10 a.m. today

Signing up for the 2013 White House Easter Egg Roll lottery is free. The deadline for lottery entries is at 10 a.m. Monday Lottery results will be available March 1.

You will need to create a free account at recreation.gov to be able to enter the lottery when it opens.

More information about the event is available at whitehouse.gov/eastereggroll. 

Have you ever been to the White House Easter Egg Roll? I'll love to talk to you for a story!  Tell us about it in the comments and email me at Jamie.Rogers@patch.com. Of course, if you win this year's lottery, I want to know that, too.