New York Lotto Game Information
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New York Lotto offers big jackpots, is simple to play, and gives you twice as many entries for the same cost as other lotto games.
Players pick six numbers from 1 to 59. You win the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers.
New York Lotto prize amounts are pari-mutuel, meaning that they change based on the volume of sales and the number of winners in each prize tier. Non-jackpot prizes range from $1 to approximately $2,000, although second prize has gotten up to $5,000 in the past.
The New York Lotto jackpot starts at a minimum of $3 million, and continues to climb every drawing that nobody matches all six numbers.
Jackpots are paid either over 26 annual payments or a single lump sum payment of about half the advertised jackpot.
(We purchase your tickets with the cash option pre-selected, since most lottery players prefer that option. Unfortunately, at this time the New York Lottery does not allow jackpot winners to change their mind to annuity when claiming their prize, so you will always receive the cash option when you use the Betslips.com lottery service for New York Lotto.)
Anyone who is 18 or older can play New York Lotto, even if you are not a USA citizen.
Ways to win
There are four different ways to win a prize. All prize amounts shown below are approximations, for informational purposes only. The actual prizes will be different, based on the number of tickets purchased for the drawing and the number of winners in each prize category.
| Match |
Prize
(Approx.) |
Odds |
Your Odds†
at Betslips.com |
| 6 Numbers |
Jackpot |
1 in 45,057,474 |
1 in 4,505,747 |
| 5 Numbers |
$2,000 |
1 in 141,690 |
1 in 14,169 |
| 4 Numbers |
$30 |
1 in 2,180 |
1 in 218 |
| 3 Numbers |
$1 |
1 in 96.2 |
1 in 9.6 |
| Overall odds of winning any prize: |
1 in 92.05 |
1 in 9.21 |
† Your Odds based upon minimum play of 10 tickets at Betslips.com. Odds of winning become greater as you play additional tickets.
Drawings
New York Lotto drawings are held Wednesday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Pacific Time (11:00 p.m. Eastern Time). If no one wins the jackpot, the money is added to the jackpot for the next drawing. The jackpot continues to grow until someone matches all six numbers drawn.
Play New York Lotto
Our service is available online until 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) the day of the drawing. That gives our ticket couriers sufficient time to purchase your tickets prior to the drawing.