Lotto America is a mid-sized jackpot game held three times a week and available in fifteen states.
Lotto America’s top prize is a traditional pari-mutuel jackpot that grows over time as it goes unclaimed. The biggest Lotto America jackpot paid to date occurred in April 2023, when a player from Iowa won a $40.03 million prize with a lump sum value of $21.28 million.
Players can buy Lotto America tickets for $1 and may spend an extra dollar to activate the game’s All-Star Bonus, which multiplies non-jackpot prizes by two, three, four, or five times.
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Lotto America’s $3-$40 million jackpots often go overlooked in a media landscaped dominated by the billion-dollar prizes Powerball and Mega Millions produce on occasion, but the game serves a valuable niche in mid-sized state markets that would otherwise struggle to reliably generate seven-figure jackpots on their own.
In mid-sized states, Lotto America occupies the middle-ground between small, daily draw games like Pick 3 and mega-jackpot games like Powerball. Lotto America has smaller jackpots than the latter, but it costs half as much and provides drastically better odds.
For example, players have about a 1 in 302 million chance to win the Powerball jackpot and about a 1 in 26 million chance to win the top prize in Lotto America. That means players are more than eleven times likelier to win a Lotto America jackpot.
Quick Lotto America Guide
- Base Ticket Cost: $1.00
- Top Prize: Jackpot starts at $2 million; has reached $40 million
- Jackpot Odds: 1 in 26 million
- Any-Prize Odds: 1 in 9.63
- Lotto America Drawings: 10:15 PM ET on Mon, Wed, and Sat
- Ticket Purchase Deadline: 9:30 PM ET (varies in some states)
- Watch Drawings Live: (not a broadcast; live video animation only)
Lotto America States
Lotto America is available in 15 states:
- Delaware
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Maine
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- West Virginia
How to Buy Lotto America Tickets Online
Players can buy Lotto America tickets online (select states only) via two methods:
- Directly from the State Lottery: Some states have authorized their lotteries to offer online ticket sales. In those states, players can visit the official state lottery website to sign up for accounts and play Lotto America online.
- Via Legal Lottery Couriers: Lottery courier apps like Jackpocket and TheLotter purchase official Lotto America tickets on behalf of customers and inform them of any winnings.
See BettingUSA’s online lottery guide for details on which states offer Lotto America online.
How to Play Lotto America
Lotto America costs $1.00 per play, and players may select Quick Pick for random numbers or choose their own:
- Five numbers between 1 and 52, corresponding to the red balls
- One number between 1 and 10, corresponding to the Star Ball
Each Lotto America ticket corresponds to a single play by default, but players may repeat the the above steps for additional lines (entries) into the next drawing. Some states also allow players to enter additional drawings in advance.
Players may also mark the All Star Bonus option on the ticket for an additional $1 per line to enhance all non-jackpot prizes by a random multiplier of 2x, 3x, 4x, or 5x. Continue below for a detailed explanation of how the Lotto America All Star Bonus works.
Lotto America Jackpots and Prizes
Lotto America has nine prizes consisting of the rollover jackpot and eight fixed prizes. The jackpot payout starts at $2,000,000 and grows after every drawing until someone wins it by matching all six of their chosen number to those drawn by the lottery during the next drawing.
Secondary prizes range from $2 to $20,000, but the All Star Bonus can increase those payouts by up to 5x.
| # of Matches | Prize |
|---|---|
| 5 + the All Star Ball (ASB) | Jackpot |
| 5 | $20,000 |
| 4 + ASB | $1,000 |
| 4 | $100 |
| 3 + ASB | $20 |
| 3 | $5 |
| 2 + ASB | $5 |
| 1 + ASB | $2 |
| ASB Only | $2 |
Lotto America All Star Bonus
Players can activate the All Star Bonus feature for an extra $1 per line to multiply all non-jackpot prizes 2x, 3x, 4x, or 5x.
At the beginning of each drawing, Lotto America draws one ball at random from a pool of balls marked 2x, 3x, 4x, or 5x to determine the prize multiplier for players who purchased the All Star Bonus add-on. The odds of drawing each multiplier follow:
- 2x: 46.9%
- 3x: 31.3%
- 4x: 12.5%
- 5x: 9.4%
Lotto America FAQ
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