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.

Lottery players in Indiana can currently buy their tickets only from licensed local retailers, as the state doesn't allow you to buy lottery tickets online. However, there is an official Hoosier Lottery app you can download that may help you speed up the process.

A person who is less than eighteen (18) years of age may not purchase a lottery ticket.

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.

Indiana had the very first Powerball jackpot winner in 1992 and leads the nation in Powerball jackpot wins with 39.

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.

We believe in second chances, which is why we offer 2nd Chance promotions. my2ndChance promotions give myLOTTERY members a second chance to win prizes on specific non-winning Hoosier Lottery tickets.

Once winner verification and winner authorization are complete, prize will be provided to winner. Each prize may be claimed by mail, but the Indiana resident must have an Indiana address. Each prize awarded during this Promotion is transferable, but only transferable to someone eighteen (18) years of age or older.

Who can play Hoosier Lottery? ›

Preventing Underage Play

It is important to remember that players have to be 18+ to purchase and play Hoosier Lottery games.

Select 5 regular numbers from 1–70 and 1 Mega Ball number from 1–25. You can select the Quick Pick option or choose your own lucky numbers. To win the jackpot, match all five numbers (order doesn't matter) and the Mega Ball.

Tickets must be purchased by 9:58 PM ET.

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.