As you might expect, the Big Sky Country serves up some big lottery games - there's money to be won in the Treasure State! Get all the latest Montana Lottery information right here, including the drawing schedule, game details, and guidance for claiming lottery prizes.
Number of winners in Montana games within the last 24 hours:
Check the drawing times for each MT lottery game along with the days they're drawn, and the sales cut-off times:
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Montana Cash |
Wednesday: 8:00pm Saturday: 8:00pm | |
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Montana Big Sky Bonus |
Everyday: 7:30pm |
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Montana Big Sky Bonus Draw: 7:30 PM |
$2,690
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Montana Big Sky Bonus Draw: 7:30 PM |
$2,690
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Montana Big Sky Bonus Draw: 7:30 PM |
$2,690
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Montana Cash Draw: 8:00 PM |
$40,000
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Montana Big Sky Bonus Draw: 7:30 PM |
$2,690
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Montana Big Sky Bonus Draw: 7:30 PM |
$2,690
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Montana Big Sky Bonus Draw: 7:30 PM |
$2,690
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Montana Cash Draw: 8:00 PM |
$40,000
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Montana Big Sky Bonus Draw: 7:30 PM |
$2,690
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Montana Cash is a fast and simple draw game that offers a starting jackpot of $40,000, which rolls over and increases in value until it's won. Drawings take place on Wednesday and Saturday nights and tickets cost $1 for two plays. The Max Cash add-on gives you the chance to win an additional rolling jackpot, separate to the main one.
About Montana CashBig Sky Bonus is an MT daily game with a progressive jackpot that keeps increasing until someone takes it home. The game features excellent odds of winning for just $2 per play. Draws are held every evening at 7:30 PM MT.
About Big Sky BonusMontana Millionaire is an annual raffle, held towards the end of each year (around Christmas or New Year's Day), offering a cool $1 million top prize. The game has proven so popular that Early Bird drawings for smaller prizes are often held in the run-up just to keep the excitement going. Tickets currently cost $20 and go on sale in authorized Montana Lottery retailers around the start of November.
Who doesn't love the idea of winning a lottery prize right away? With Montana Lottery Scratch games, you could win huge amounts of cash in just a few seconds. Prices range from $1 per game to $30 and can offer prizes of up to $1,000,000. You can purchase Scratch games from any authorized Montana Lottery retailer, so why not try one today?
Treasure Play is the name given to the Montana Lottery's selection of Video Lottery Terminal games. You can find VLTs in bars and casinos across the Treasure State. The games available include progressive jackpot games, digital slots, casino-style games, instant win games, and more.
The free Lottery.net MT Lottery app is a great way to stay up to date with your favourite games. The app lets you quickly check the winning numbers on-the-go, and you can even hide the ones you don't usually play! The ticket-checking tool is a handy way to work out whether your numbers are winners – save your favourites for quick access next time. Check it out on our MT Lottery App page.
Co-workers Kim Claassen and Joe Lamport Jr. became Montana’s biggest lottery winners when they landed half of a $96 million Powerball jackpot, but they were given a major scare before claiming the prize. Kim had torn the ticket into four pieces, believing it to be a losing entry, but she had mistakenly been looking at the numbers from a previous draw. After being alerted to the fact that a winning entry had been sold at the Town Pump on North Montana Avenue in Helena, she retrieved the ticket from the trash, pieced it back together and eventually got it verified.
Great Falls resident Wanda Guzman became the first Montanan to win the Lucky for Life jackpot, worth $1,000 a day for life. She bought her ticket at the Holiday Stationstore on Northwest Bypass as part of The Works, a product that bundles all Montana Lottery games into one purchase. She said she had no immediate plans for the money, only to ‘pay bills and enjoy life’.
The Montana Cash jackpot reached a record level in the fall of 2022, before an anonymous player from Monarch matched all the numbers. They had bought their ticket from the Holiday 730 in Great Falls. Montana Cash costs just $1 to play, with a starting jackpot of $40,000 that rolls until someone wins.
Tickets for Montana Lottery draw games are valid for six months from the date of the drawing, and Montana Lottery Scratch prizes expire six months after the announced end of the game. Once these deadlines have passed, unclaimed prizes are allocated to the Montana General Fund, and can no longer be cashed in.
Any prize worth $5,000 or more will be subject to a federal withholding tax of 24 percent as well as a state tax of 6.9 percent.
On prizes $600 and over where the winner is a U.S. citizen who does not provide their Social Security Number or tax ID numbers, the Montana Lottery must withhold 24 percent federal tax. For winners who are not U.S. residents, the Montana Lottery is required to withhold 30 percent federal tax.
All Montana Lottery prizes can be claimed by mail, and prizes worth $600 or less can also be redeemed at any Montana Lottery retailer.
Prizes worth $600 or more will need to be claimed by mail, or in-person at the Montana Lottery headquarters in Helena. The Lottery headquarters' street address is:
2525 North Montana Ave.
Helena, MT 59601
If you're claiming in-person, be sure to bring the winning ticket (signed), and some valid ID. The HQ is open from 8:30 to 4:30 on weekdays, and you will be asked to complete a MT Lottery claims form.
Here's what you need to send to the lottery to claim a prize by mail:
- Signed winning ticket with your name, address, and phone number printed on the back.
- Completed MT Lottery claim form.
- For prizes of $600 and up, also send a copy of a valid form of photo ID (e.g. driver's license, passport, state-issued ID, or military ID).
Mail your documents to the address below. The Lottery suggests sending your documents by registered / certified mail.
Montana Lottery
P.O. Box 6073
Helena, MT 59604-6073
The Montana Lottery was established in November 1986 via Legislative Referendum 100, which authorized the creation of a lottery in the state. The motion passed with 69 percent of the popular vote. The fun kicked off in June 1987 when over 1,000 retailers started selling a $1 Scratch game called Pot of Gold. Profits were originally allocated for reducing property tax burdens; today, Montana property taxes are well below the US average.
In November 1989, the Montana Lottery joined Lotto America, which was replaced by Powerball in 1992. Montana Cash tickets went on sale for the first time in May 1991. In 1994, lottery profits began to be directed to the state's General Fund, where they are still deposited today.
The Montana Lottery began selling Mega Millions tickets in 2010. Since the first Pot of Gold scratch tickets went on sale in 1987, the Montana Lottery has raised more than $360 million for the state.
Lotto America was re-launched in 2017 to replace the cancelled Hot Lotto game, and was immediately available to play in Montana.
In July 2022, Montana became the 14th lottery to offer the Powerball Double Play add-on game. Double Play gives players another chance to win using their Powerball numbers. The Montana Lottery also made the Power Play option a standard feature on all Powerball tickets - meaning players no longer have to opt in.