State Lottery Report Card
This page is a work-in-progress, and may expand in scope and functionality over time. Although the title is "State Lottery Report Card", this report card includes Canada and United Kingdom lotteries, in addition to the United States.
States (jurisdictions) with a higher proportion of games using traditional lottery ball machines receive higher rankings in this report card than those using computer random number generators.
Lottery Post is a proponent of true lottery drawings using player-visible drawing methods. Even though states using computers claim that they are auditable and valid, Lottery Post believes the transparency and common sense approach of using mechanical drawing machines provides a more fun and confidence-inspiring experience for the lottery player, and therefore we recommend players seek out those games using real lottery drawing equipment.
If you want to help boost your state's rankings (or keep your state ranked high), we urge you to contact your state Lottery Director and government representatives, and let them know you don't want computerized lottery drawings. Also, be sure to sign the Petition for True Lottery Drawings.
Grade: A+
- Connecticut (100% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Cash 5, Lotto, Lucky for Life, Lucky Links Day, Lucky Links Night, Mega Millions, Play 3 Day, Play 3 Night, Play 4 Day, Play 4 Night, Powerball
Computerized: none - Florida (100% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Cash4Life, Fantasy 5, Jackpot Triple Play, Lotto, Mega Millions, Pick 2 Evening, Pick 2 Midday, Pick 3 Evening, Pick 3 Midday, Pick 4 Evening, Pick 4 Midday, Pick 5 Evening, Pick 5 Midday, Powerball
Computerized: none - Iowa (100% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Lotto America, Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Pick 3 Evening, Pick 3 Midday, Pick 4 Evening, Pick 4 Midday, Powerball
Computerized: none - Maine (100% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Gimme 5, Lotto America, Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Powerball, Tri-State Megabucks Plus, Tri-State Pick 3 Day, Tri-State Pick 3 Evening, Tri-State Pick 4 Day, Tri-State Pick 4 Evening
Computerized: none - Massachusetts (100% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Lucky for Life, Mass Cash, Mega Millions, Megabucks Doubler, Numbers Game Evening, Numbers Game Midday, Powerball
Computerized: none - New Hampshire (100% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Gimme 5, Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Powerball, Tri-State Megabucks Plus, Tri-State Pick 3 Day, Tri-State Pick 3 Evening, Tri-State Pick 4 Day, Tri-State Pick 4 Evening
Computerized: none - New York (100% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Cash4Life, Lotto, Mega Millions, Numbers Evening, Numbers Midday, Pick 10, Powerball, Take 5, Win 4 Evening, Win 4 Midday
Computerized: none - North Carolina (100% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Cash 5, Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Pick 3 Daytime, Pick 3 Evening, Pick 4 Daytime, Pick 4 Evening, Powerball
Computerized: none - Ohio (100% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Classic Lotto, Kicker, Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Pick 3 Evening, Pick 3 Midday, Pick 4 Evening, Pick 4 Midday, Pick 5 Evening, Pick 5 Midday, Powerball, Rolling Cash 5
Computerized: none - Puerto Rico (100% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Lotería Tradicional, Loto Plus, Pega 2 Noche, Pega 2 Día, Pega 3 Noche, Pega 3 Día, Pega 4 Noche, Pega 4 Día, Powerball, Revancha
Computerized: none - Rhode Island (100% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Numbers Game Evening, Numbers Game Midday, Powerball, Wild Money
Computerized: none - South Carolina (100% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Palmetto Cash 5, Pick 3 Evening, Pick 3 Midday, Pick 4 Evening, Pick 4 Midday, Powerball
Computerized: none - Texas (100% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: All or Nothing Day, All or Nothing Evening, All or Nothing Morning, All or Nothing Night, Cash 5, Daily 4 Day, Daily 4 Evening, Daily 4 Morning, Daily 4 Night, Lotto Texas, Mega Millions, Pick 3 Day, Pick 3 Evening, Pick 3 Morning, Pick 3 Night, Powerball, Texas Two Step
Computerized: none - Vermont (100% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Gimme 5, Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Powerball, Tri-State Megabucks Plus, Tri-State Pick 3 Day, Tri-State Pick 3 Evening, Tri-State Pick 4 Day, Tri-State Pick 4 Evening
Computerized: none - Virginia (100% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Bank a Million, Cash 5 Day, Cash 5 Night, Cash4Life, Mega Millions, Pick 3 Day, Pick 3 Night, Pick 4 Day, Pick 4 Night, Powerball
Computerized: none - West Virginia (100% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Cash 25, Daily 3, Daily 4, Lotto America, Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: none
Grade: A
- Ireland (90% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Daily Million 2pm, Daily Million 9pm, Daily Million Plus 2pm, Daily Million Plus 9pm, Euro Millions, Lotto, Lotto Plus 1, Lotto Plus 2, Plus
Computerized: none
Unknown: Lotto Plus Raffle - Kentucky (90% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Cash Ball 225, Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Pick 3 Evening, Pick 3 Midday, Pick 4 Evening, Pick 4 Midday, Powerball, Quick Bucks
Computerized: 5 Card Cash - Maryland (90% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Bonus Match 5, Cash4Life, Mega Millions, Multi-Match, Pick 3 Evening, Pick 3 Midday, Pick 4 Evening, Pick 4 Midday, Powerball
Computerized: 5 Card Cash - New Jersey (90% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Cash4Life, Jersey Cash 5, Mega Millions, Pick 3 Evening, Pick 3 Midday, Pick 4 Evening, Pick 4 Midday, Pick 6, Powerball
Computerized: 5 Card Cash - Ontario (90% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Canada Lotto 6/49, Daily Grand, Daily Keno Evening, Daily Keno Midday, Early Bird, Encore Evening, Encore Midday, Lottario, Lotto Max, MegaDice Lotto, Ontario 49, Pick 2 Evening, Pick 2 Midday, Pick 3 Evening, Pick 3 Midday, Pick 4 Evening, Pick 4 Midday, Poker Lotto
Computerized: Lotto 6/49 Guaranteed Prize Draw, Wheel of Fortune Lotto - UK National (86% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Euro Millions, EuroMillions HotPicks, Lotto, Lotto HotPicks, Set for Life, Thunderball
Computerized: Millionaire Raffle
Grade: B
- North Dakota (80% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Lotto America, Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: 2by2 - South Dakota (80% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Lotto America, Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: Dakota Cash - Germany (78% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: EuroJackpot, GlücksSpirale, Keno, Lotto 6aus49, Plus 5, Spiel 77, Super 6
Computerized: none
Unknown: Toto Auswahlwette, Toto Ergebniswette - Wyoming (75% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: Cowboy Draw - Georgia (72% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Cash 3 Evening, Cash 3 Midday, Cash 3 Night, Cash 4 Evening, Cash 4 Midday, Cash 4 Night, Cash4Life, Fantasy 5, Georgia Five Evening, Georgia Five Midday, Jumbo Bucks Lotto, Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: 5 Card Cash, All or Nothing Day, All or Nothing Evening, All or Nothing Morning, All or Nothing Night - Atlantic Canada (67% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Atlantic 49, Bucko, Canada Lotto 6/49, Daily Grand, Keno Atlantic, Lotto 4, Lotto Max, Tag
Computerized: Atlantic 49 Guaranteed Prize Draw, Lotto 6/49 Guaranteed Prize Draw, Salsa Bingo
Unknown: Poker Lotto - Montana (67% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Lotto America, Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: Big Sky Bonus, Montana Cash - Oklahoma (67% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Lotto America, Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: Cash 5, Pick 3 - Pennsylvania (64% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Cash 5, Cash4Life, Match 6, Mega Millions, Pick 2 Evening, Pick 3 Evening, Pick 4 Evening, Pick 5 Evening, Powerball
Computerized: Pick 2 Day, Pick 3 Day, Pick 4 Day, Pick 5 Day, Treasure Hunt - Michigan (64% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Daily 3 Evening, Daily 3 Midday, Daily 4 Evening, Daily 4 Midday, Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: Fantasy 5, Keno, Lotto 47, Poker Lotto
Grade: C
- Indiana (58% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Cash4Life, Daily 3 Evening, Daily 3 Midday, Daily 4 Evening, Daily 4 Midday, Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: Cash 5, Hoosier Lotto, Hoosier Lotto +PLUS, Quick Draw Evening, Quick Draw Midday - Minnesota (57% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Lotto America, Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: Daily 3, Gopher 5, Northstar Cash - Idaho (50% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Lotto America, Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: Idaho Cash, Pick 3 Day, Pick 3 Night, Weekly Grand - Kansas (50% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Lotto America, Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: 2by2, Pick 3 Evening, Pick 3 Midday, Super Kansas Cash - Delaware (44% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Lotto America, Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: Multi-Win Lotto, Play 3 Day, Play 3 Night, Play 4 Day, Play 4 Night - British Columbia (43% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Canada Lotto 6/49, Daily Grand, Lotto Max
Computerized: BC/49, Extra, Lotto 6/49 Guaranteed Prize Draw, Poker Lotto - Colorado (43% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: Cash 5, Lotto, Pick 3 Evening, Pick 3 Midday - Nebraska (43% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: 2by2, MyDaY, Pick 3, Pick 5
Grade: D
- Arkansas (38% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: Cash 3 Evening, Cash 3 Midday, Cash 4 Evening, Cash 4 Midday, Natural State Jackpot - California (38% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Mega Millions, Powerball, SuperLotto Plus
Computerized: Daily 3 Evening, Daily 3 Midday, Daily 4, Daily Derby, Fantasy 5 - New Mexico (38% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Lotto America, Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: Pick 3 Day, Pick 3 Evening, Pick 4 Day, Pick 4 Evening, Road Runner Cash - Tennessee (36% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Cash4Life, Lotto America, Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: Cash 3 Evening, Cash 3 Midday, Cash 3 Morning, Cash 4 Evening, Cash 4 Midday, Cash 4 Morning, Tennessee Cash - Arizona (33% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: Fantasy 5, Pick 3, The Pick, Triple Twist - Louisiana (33% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: Easy 5, Lotto, Pick 3, Pick 4 - Missouri (33% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: Lotto, Pick 3 Evening, Pick 3 Midday, Pick 4 Evening, Pick 4 Midday, Show Me Cash - Washington (29% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: Daily Game, Daily Keno, Hit 5, Lotto, Match 4 - Washington, D.C. (27% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: DC-2 Evening, DC-2 Midday, DC-3 Evening, DC-3 Midday, DC-4 Evening, DC-4 Midday, DC-5 Evening, DC-5 Midday - Western Canada (27% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Canada Lotto 6/49, Daily Grand, Lotto Max
Computerized: Extra, Lotto 6/49 Guaranteed Prize Draw, Pick 2, Pick 3, Pick 4, Poker Lotto, Western 49, Western Max - Wisconsin (25% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: All or Nothing, Badger 5, Megabucks, Pick 3, Pick 4, Super Cash - Illinois (22% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: Lotto, Lucky Day Lotto Evening, Lucky Day Lotto Midday, Pick 3 Evening, Pick 3 Midday, Pick 4 Evening, Pick 4 Midday - Oregon (22% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Mega Millions, Powerball
Computerized: Lucky Lines, Megabucks, Pick 4 10pm, Pick 4 1pm, Pick 4 4pm, Pick 4 7pm, Win For Life
Grade: F
- Québec (17% true lottery drawings)
True Drawings: Canada Lotto 6/49, Daily Grand, Lotto Max
Computerized: Astro, Banco, Extra, La Mini, Lotto :D, Lotto 6/49 Guaranteed Prize Draw, Lotto Poker, Québec 49, Québec Max, Quotidienne 2, Quotidienne 3, Quotidienne 4, Sprinto, Tout ou Rien, Triplex