Lucky for Life Odds and Prizes

Lucky for Life offers two incredible annuity prizes, plus eight other fixed amounts. You are guaranteed a win just for matching the Lucky Ball on its own, and payouts increase in value as you match more numbers.

How You Can Win

To win the top prize, you must match all five main numbers and the Lucky Ball. This will reward you with $1,000 a day for the rest of your lifetime (paid out as $365,000 once a year).

Even if you miss out on the Lucky Ball, you can win $25,000 a year for life by matching the five main numbers.

Both these top prizes also have a lump-sum option, and if there are an unusually high number of winners in a particular draw, the amounts may be reduced. Find out more on thea Cash vs Annuity page.

The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 7.8, while your chances of landing the jackpot are far better than for other multi-state lotteries such as Powerball and Mega Millions.

Prize Table and Odds

See the table below for all the different prize levels, plus the odds of winning for each one.

Numbers Matched	Odds of Winning	Prize
Match 5 + Lucky Ball	1 in 30,821,472	$1,000 a day for life or $5.75 million cash
Match 5	1 in 1,813,028	$25,000 a year for life /or $390,000 cash
Match 4 + Lucky Ball	1 in 143,356	$5,000
Match 4	1 in 8,433	$200
Match 3 + Lucky Ball	1 in 3,414	$150
Match 3	1 in 201	$20
Match 2 + Lucky Ball	1 in 250	$25
Match 2	Match 1 in 15	$3
Match 1 + Lucky Ball	1 in 50	$6
Lucky Ball only	1 in 33	$4
The overall odds of winning a Lucky for Life prize are 1 in 8

The minimum duration of lifetime prizes is 20 years, so payments will continue to be made to a winner’s estate if they die sooner.

In most locations, you have 60 days from the date you claim your prize in which to decide whether to take the annuity payments or the lump sum. If you don’t request the cash option within this time, you’ll receive the payments for life.

Go to the Claiming Prizes page for more information about how to collect winnings.