“We released our first $50 lottery ticket last year and it quickly became the best-selling ticket in the country,” said State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg, Chair of the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission. “With the grand prize of a million dollars a year for life, this new $50 ticket gives players what they have been requesting, another chance to win big.”
DORCHESTER, MA (February 6, 2024) – The Massachusetts State Lottery today is launching a new $50 instant “scratch” ticket, Lifetime Millions, featuring an unprecedented grand prize of $1 million a year for life. The ticket is on sale now at Mass Lottery retailers across the state.
The $1 million a year for life grand prize is guaranteed for a minimum of 20 years, with the potential to continue for many more. The cash option on the prize is $15.4 million. Three $1 million a year for life grand prizes are available in the Lifetime Millions game.
“We released our first $50 lottery ticket last year and it quickly became the best-selling ticket in the country,” said State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg, Chair of the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission. “With the grand prize of a million dollars a year for life, this new $50 ticket gives players what they have been requesting, another chance to win big.”
The Lifetime Millions ticket also includes four $2 million prizes and 12 $1 million prizes, and all winning tickets total $100 or more. The game’s overall prize payout of 82.0 percent matches the highest payout percentage of any instant game in Mass Lottery history, which dates back to 1974, when it introduced the industry’s first ever instant ticket. The odds of winning a prize in the new game are 1 in 4.10.
“We are excited to give Mass Lottery players their first-ever chance to win a million dollars a year for life instantly,” said Mark William Bracken, Executive Director of the Mass Lottery. “With three tiers of grand prizes, second chances to win up to $50,000, and no break-even prizes, Lifetime Millions offers a wide range of ways to win.”
The game features 10 Second Chance Drawings, allowing players to enter non-winning tickets for opportunities to win cash prizes ranging from $100 to $50,000. In each of the 10 drawings, 12 $50,000 prizes, 8 $1,000 prizes, 62 $500 prizes, and 250 $100 prizes will be awarded.
Lifetime Millions is a key number match style game, containing 10 “Winning Numbers” and 35 “Your Numbers.” If one or more of the “Your Numbers” match the “Winning Numbers,” the player wins the corresponding amount. There are also multiplier symbols ranging from 5X to 500X in the “Your Numbers” spots that multiply winning combinations. Three Bonus spots give players the opportunity to automatically win $100, $500 or $1,000.
The Mass Lottery launched its first $50 ticket, Billion Dollar Extravaganza, in February of 2023. The ticket is still available for purchase at Mass Lottery retail locations.