How to Play Cash 4 Life

Lucky for Life is a simple game to play which just requires a few steps. Find out what you need to do to enter a drawing.

Information Links
Choose Your Numbers
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
Step 1
Choose your numbers

Select six main numbers from 1 to 60, plus a Cash Ball number from a separate set of 1 to 4. If you’d rather not choose your own, a Quick Pick will give you a random selection.

Number of Draws
  • 5
  • 7
  • 14
  • 21
  • 28
Step 2
Decide how many drawings to enter

You can enter just the next draw, or play your numbers in multiple consecutive drawings.

Ticket Price
$2
Purchase
Step 3
Complete Purchase

Complete the purchase of your ticket before sales close, then keep it safe and wait for the draw to take place.

Safe and Secure
Shield
Step 4
Safe Tickets

Each state lottery sets its own cut-off time for ticket sales, but in most cases it is within half an hour of the draw taking place. The New Jersey Lottery conducts the drawings, and you can find the Cash4Life Numbers online shortly afterwards.

1
2
3
4

You can buy tickets in any of the 10 participating states. The minimum age is 18 everywhere.

How to Win

To win Cash4Life’s top prize of $365,000 a year for life, you need all six of your numbers to match the six winning numbers that are drawn.

If you match all five main numbers but miss the Cash Ball, the reward is $1,000 a week for life. There are also seven other prize levels for matching fewer numbers, where the payout is a single lump sum rather than an annuity.

Go to the Odds and Prizes page to find out more about how to win on Cash4Life.

How to Claim

There are various ways to claim Cash4Life prizes, depending on how much you win. The majority of the time you will be able to collect your cash from a retail location, or mail in your prize. However, sometimes you may need to go to a lottery office or claim center in person.

Keep in mind that you must claim your prize in the same state where you bought your ticket, and the deadlines differ between jurisdictions. Go to the Claiming Prizes page for more information.