Scratch-offs | Hoosier Lottery (2024)

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What is the most likely scratch card to win on? ›

Please make sure to sign and complete the back of your ticket. For Scratch-off games you have 180 days from the game end date to claim your prize. For Draw games you have 180 days from the drawing date to claim your prize.

The largest Hoosier Lotto jackpot win occurred on Nov. 7, 2007, and was worth an estimated $54.5 million. The last Hoosier Lotto jackpot win occurred on Sept. 7, 2022, and was worth an estimated $19.5 million.

The Gold Fever National Lottery scratchcard has the best overall rating on Smart Scratchcard, at 91/100. Your odds of winning at least some money back are 1 in 3.43 - though this could be a small prize.

Durwin Hickman, who works as a skycap at a Bay Area airport, bought a $30 Set For Life! Scratchers ticket while on his lunch break and uncovered the word "LIFE" to win the top prize of $20 million, the lottery said. "It was the biggest rush I have had in my life," Hickman told the California Lottery.

The state with the largest lottery sales in 2023 was New York, generating over 10 billion U.S. dollars. This was followed by Florida and California, with lottery sales amounting to over 9.8 billion and 9.2 billion U.S. dollars, respectively.

Is there a time limit on claiming Lotto scratchcards? Scratchcard prizes must be claimed within 180 days from the closure date, reports The National Lottery - you can check the closure date for your scratchcard here.

What is the cash option for the Hoosier Lottery? ›

Prizes may be paid out as an annuity with payments or as a lump sum cash payment equivalent to the present value of the annuity payments as estimated by the Hoosier Lottery during the claims process.

A winner is given the opportunity to choose the cash value of their jackpot prize within 60 days following their approved claim. The payment option you choose will apply to all claimants in a multiple ownership claim. In addition, certain Scratchers games also offer an annuitized grand prize.

For the first time a Hoosier Lottery Cash4Life® ticket in Indiana matched all five numbers to win $1,000 per week for life. Cash4Life tickets should be checked carefully as one entry matched five out of five numbers in the April 4 drawing.

The Hoosier Lotto's second-largest jackpot ever was claimed by the winner who bought their ticket at Lucky's Mart, LLC, at 5208 W. 10th St. in Speedway. The winner, who claimed the prize Lucky 22 Enterprises, LLC., is a longtime resident in west Indianapolis who has been playing the lottery for more than 30 years.

The second-chance game launched in April 2022, and since then, nearly $6 million has been won in progressive prizes, the lottery said.

Chart the "random" outside numbers that repeat.

Pay close attention to "singletons." These are the "random" numbers that appear only once on the ticket. The digits you're looking for won't be the same--that would mean they would appear more than once. Remember, you're looking for numbers that appear only once.

Your best chances to win the lottery will be in this order: Instant Tickets, Michigan Lotto, then the Powerball.

The Big Reveal: A book of $5 scratch-off tickets in Florida will typically cost you $25.

It is a ”gambling simulator “ and they make money only from advertisements. None of the money you “win”, will you ever see. Unless you're literally just looking to kill time, save yours, because you'll only be wasting your energy if you're playing this game expecting any sort of payout.