Scratch-offs | Hoosier Lottery (2024)

FAQs

How late can you buy scratch off tickets in Indiana? ›

The Hoosier Lottery has traditionally shut down the terminals retailers use to sell lottery tickets between 11:30 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. But starting Sunday, those terminals will run until 2 a.m. and be turned back on at 3:30 a.m.

Get Your Ticket

Purchase your $2 Hoosier Lotto ticket at any participating retailer. Choose your numbers using a paper playslip or build a digital myPlayslip on the Hoosier Lottery app. For random number selection, ask for a Quick Pick.

If your prize is more than $600, you can take it to a Virginia Lottery customer service center or one of the prize zones.

The Jumbo Bucks 300X scratch-off is among the most expensive games offered by the Tennessee Lottery while also offering the most lucrative payout.

Debit and credit cards are approved forms of payment for lottery at the discretion of the retailer.

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.

A lottery ticket is considered a bearer instrument. You must present the ticket at the time of claim. Will I have to pay taxes on my prize? The Hoosier Lottery withholds 24 percent in federal tax if the winnings minus the wager are more than $5,000 and 3.23 percent in state tax on any winnings that exceed $1,200.

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 drawing on November 7, 2007 had a jackpot of $54.5 million, its largest jackpot ever.

There are eight states that do not tax Powerball winnings: California, Florida, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wyoming. Pennsylvania, North Dakota, Indiana and Ohio also make our list of best states.

Can immigrants play the lottery? ›

Yes. You don't need to be a California resident or U.S. citizen to play and win any Lottery Scratchers^® or draw game, but California Lottery games can only be purchased from a Lottery retailer in California.

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.

Generally, most Illinois lottery ticket dealers stop selling tickets one hour before the drawing — 8:59 p.m.

Scratch-tickets prizes are valid for 90 days after the announced end of the game. Pull-tab ticket prizes must be claimed at the place where the ticket was sold, also within 90 days of the announced end of the game.. Prizes won in Iowa's Pick 3 and Pick 4 games are valid for 90 days from the date of the drawing.

All instant cash prizes must be claimed within 180 days of the announced end of the game. Any prize not claimed within the period specified herein and in the manner specified on the back of the ticket shall be forfeited.

Time Limits to Know:

Scratch-off tickets must be claimed within 180 days from the game's end date.