JUNEAU -- Organizers behind the $500,000 state lottery might bring tickets to Juneau, which has not been able to participate in the largely statewide event.

Organizer Abe Spicola said he's "pretty sure" he'll bring tickets to the state's capital, but is making no promises.

The drawing is scheduled Friday. It was to be New Year's Eve, but organizers delayed it to accommodate tickets mailed in from rural Alaska.

The lottery is being held in conjunction with Anchorage nonprofit Standing Together Against Rape.

State law permits lotteries only if a charity stands to benefit.

This lottery was assembled last summer when the state authorized Spicola to hold it with STAR, which must receive 10 percent of the remaining money after the payout is made.

So far more than 130,000 tickets have been sold at $5 apiece.

Tickets have been sold in 30 Alaska communities where businesses agreed to sell them. But when businesses in Juneau were contacted, they seemed dubious of the offer, Spicola said.

No business jumped at the chance.

"What? Lotto? There's no lotto in Alaska. Click," he said, describing the response to the cold calls he placed.

Spicola, who co-owns Lucky Times Pull Tabs, said getting businesses to sell the tickets was easier in the Anchorage area, where he and his wife have an established business.

Amanda Gallion is the gaming manager for United Charities who runs Luckie Louie's at Juneau's Nugget Mall, plus three pull-tab parlors in Fairbanks.

She said her nonprofit felt pressured and opted to wait and see if the first attempt goes smoothly.