Montana Cash is an exciting Treasure State lottery game with a minimum $40,000 jackpot and two draws every week: Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM Mountain Time, and you can purchase tickets right up to the draw. Tickets cost $1.00, and each ticket contains two plays/lines of numbers, so you get double the chances to win! Add the Max Cash option to claim an even bigger grand prize if you match all five numbers! The overall odds of winning are 1 in 5.7 per line.
To win the jackpot, or jackpots if you've used the Max Cash add-on, you need to match all five white balls. Even if you match fewer numbers, there are three other winning tiers and overall odds of 1 in 5.7, so you have a good chance of winning a prize. If multiple tickets win the jackpot for a single draw, the prizes will be divided equally between the winning tickets.
The set prize amounts are based on an expected number of winners sharing the prize pool. However, if there are too many winners and/or not enough funds in the prize pool, set prizes may be paid on a pari-mutuel basis and could be lower than stated.
Check the different Montana Cash prize tiers and the odds of winning (per ticket, not per line) below:
| Numbers Matched | Prize | Odds of Winning | No. Winners in Last Draw | Average No. Winners |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Match 5 with Max Cash |
Jackpot + Max Cash Jackpot |
1 in 610,880 | 1 | 0 |
Match 5 |
Jackpot | 1 in 610,880 | 1 | 0 |
Match 4 |
$200 | 1 in 3,054 | 10 | 11.6 |
Match 3 |
$5 | 1 in 78 | 291 | 458.1 |
Match 2 |
$1 | 1 in 6 | 3,297 | 5,752.4 |
To play, pick five numbers from 1 to 45 on your playslip in Panel 1, then pick another five numbers from 1 to 45 in Panel 2 - each ticket/play includes two lines of numbers. Alternatively, use the Quick Pick option to have the numbers randomly selected for you.
You can add the Max Cash option to your ticket for an extra $1 per play. If you match all five numbers and win the Montana Cash jackpot with a Max Cash ticket, you'll also get to take home the independent (and often even bigger!) Max Cash jackpot too. We explain how this works in more detail below.
With the Multiple Draws option, you can choose to enter your numbers in up to 24 consecutive draws using a single play slip. Leave this section blank to be entered into just the next upcoming draw.
For an extra $1 per ticket, you can add the Max Cash option. What does it do? Well, alongside the main jackpot, there's a second 'Max Cash' jackpot, which also starts at $40,000 and rolls up for each draw it isn't won. If you add the Max Cash option and win the main Montana Cash jackpot, you'll also take home the Max Cash Jackpot too!
There are no runner-up prizes for Max Cash, just the jackpot. The main jackpot is occasionally won by players without a Max Cash ticket, putting the Max Cash jackpot higher than the main jackpot. However, since the Max Cash jackpot is derived entirely from Max Cash add-on sales, it grows more slowly than the main jackpot. Check how much it's worth before you get your tickets!
You can purchase tickets any time up to one minute before the draw, so that's 7:59 PM for the cut-off, and 8:00 PM for the draw (MT).
The Max Cash jackpot (along with the main jackpot, to be fair) varies so much that it's not really possible to give a typical value. Both jackpots start at $40,000, and the Max Cash jackpot has been known to reach hundreds of thousands of dollars before being won.
You must be at least 18 to purchase Montana Cash tickets, or any other Montana Lottery tickets for that matter.
The Montana Lottery gives players 180 days from the date of the draw for players to claim their prizes. Once this period has elapsed, all unclaimed prizes are considered expired, and can no longer be redeemed.
There are a couple of different ways to redeem your Montana Cash prize, depending on how much you've won and whether you're still in Montana. Head to our main Montana Lottery page for a full rundown.
See jackpot amounts for every Montana Cash draw that has taken place in the last six months below. Separately, you can scroll back and see the percentage and value increase/decrease of each draw compared to the previous one.
