Now available in 15 states plus D.C.
The Kentucky Lottery is now offering the multi-state game called Lucky for Life that has a top prize of $1,000 a day, every day, for the rest of the winner's life, or for a minimum of 20 years paid to the player's estate, in case of death.
Tickets for the game, which is structured similar to the popular, high-jackpot Powerball game, went on sale Sunday throughout Kentucky.
Lucky for Life tickets sell for $2 each, with drawings on Monday and Thursday evenings. In the drawing, five numbers are chosen at random from a set of 48 and one ball, the Lucky Ball, is drawn from a set of 18.
Kentucky Lottery spokesman Chip Polston said the odds of matching all six numbers are about one in 30.8 million. There is a one-time cash option available of $5.75 million.
A second prize for matching just the first five numbers, but not the Lucky Ball, is $25,000 a year — also for the winner's life, or for a minimum of 20 years paid to the player's estate, in case of death, Polston said.
In addition to the top prize and second prize, there are eight other cash prizes players can win by matching numbers drawn.
Arch Gleason, the Kentucky Lottery president and CEO, said, "Players always have a question about games like this. They want to know if we keep the money, if something happens to them shortly after their win. Lucky for Life has a minimum 20-year payment for the first and second prizes, if a player passes away, and those continued payments would go to a winner's estate."
The Lucky for Life drawings on Monday and Thursday nights will be at 10:35 Eastern time, and the winning numbers are published on Lottery Post's Kentucky Lottery Results page minutes after the draw.
Lucky for Life, which started as a New England game, is now sold in 15 states plus the District of Columbia.
The Kentucky Lottery has earned $4.2 billion for the Kentucky state treasury since 1989. Most of the lottery dividends go to support college scholarships, education grants and literacy programs.
FYI. Just in case that anyone thinks the LP is not monitored by lottery officials, here's your proof...
https://www.lotterypost.com/news/251527/2731922
I called the KLC this afternoon inquiring if the Gemini machines would get upgraded by replacing the Monopoly Millionaires Club slot with this. She said they would be upgraded this week for this.
Bought two tickets, wish me luck LP members!
This game can brag at producing the fewest top prize winners in the country. The last time someone won the $1,000 A WEEK DAY FOR LIFE prize was in draw # 148 on 08/12/2013. Welcome abroad KY players!
It makes me LOL to see you write that LP is being "monitored". LOL!
News flash: Lots of people in the lottery industry read Lottery Post every day. Why wouldn't they? To say it's "monitoring" is funny. How about the 10,000 other people reading this news story? Are they also "monitoring" the story, or are they simply "reading" it?
Thank goodness people in the industry care enough about what lottery players are talking about to take an interest in it.
Todd, i did not realize that industry folks look into LP everyday. It can mean a good thing and to some posters it can mean a bad thing. When he said monitored he probably meant something like the RNGs being monitored by the industry folks. As if they know what numbers are being used. I assume that is not actually happening.
Im So Glad A Game Like This Finally Came Here.
I Already Got My Ticket, Hope I Win!!!!!
Good Luck Everyone!
I Would Like To See Them Bring Out A Scratch-Off Like This As Well.
I Noticed A Few Other States Have Them.
this game hasn't really enjoyed robust sales in the states in which it is offered. reason: although the 1000 a day sounds good it isn't the payday most are looking for. they want 100 million plus immediately rather than getting it slowly, very slowly in comparison. at 2.00 a ticket the masses give up after a few losing draws. it's a decent prize and no one knows how they pay it out. do you get a check every week or once a month or when and how much. it would be nice to watch your bank account grow at 4000 a week taxes off the top of course, but that's too slow for the greedy players that exist today. it also isn't for older players as they will never reap enough before their final disappointment. leaving it in your estate doesn't resonate well either. pass and stick to powerball kentuckyians or mega whichever you have there.
By "monitored" I meant that they may be observing which players may have successful systems or methods. They do want us to win, but maybe not too much...
Not that anyone here is going to "crack the code" anytime soon, but I bet they would be very interested if they thought someone was getting close.
Besides, why do they make the odds of winning harder by increasing the amount of numbers in the games? MM and PB specifically. The 175 million to one wasn't bad enough as it is, they have to make it more difficult by adding more numbers?
I don't understand why they don't put the winning numbers in numerical order on their website.
The jackpot and 2nd prize both have cash options. The top prize cash is $5,750,000.00 which would be well worth it to me. Second prize is only $390,000.00 cash, but if I were to win I'd probably still take the cash at this stage in life.
I gather lottery data myself for study using a couple of methods and having the numbers in draw order is better.
I would like to see this game come to Texas. Here they have had scratch tickets like weekly grand etc already.
Anyone visiting from the lottery can see exactly what you see. No more or less.
Your comment assumes that the lottery is crooked. Because if they could somehow create a tally of numbers being posted by people here, what use would that be to them? To beg and plead with the spinning ball hopper machines to pretty-please not draw those numbers? Or are you suggesting that they can (like a magician) make the balls come out the way they choose?
And if you feel that way, why on Earth would you play a crooked game???!!!
On your MM/PB question, it's all about mathematics. They have some pretty smart people who develop the game matrices in a way that balances the amount of tickets played with the expected number of times that it will be won. They don't need to resort to "rigging the drawings" or anything else that would put them in jail, they simply design the games to be mathematically a certain way. Sometimes people win more, sometimes less.
Funny, this was the FIRST question I had when I saw this - WHEN is the last time ANYONE hit the jackpot???
I am only going to play again when I hit on other games and then I am playing with WON money - so just for fun.
Hopefully Oklahoma will get this game.
This sounds like the NJ Cash for Life. Article mentions 15 states but assume it's a different game since the names are different.
Good feature is that the prize money will go to the winner's estate ,in the event they expire before the 20 years payout annuity.
I hope Maryland would bring this game to the State.
I have played it in Delaware.
This would be better than that Monopoly club whiich very few understood.
Nice. If they make this game where you can buy more then 10 draws at a time, it could be worth the five hour road trip.
That does seem strange that they've gone without a grand prize winner so long. There may not be many people playing it. Someone should have hit by now.
I like this game, I have won a decent amount of money on it and the prizes are good, especially the top 2 prizes. If it is having poor sales I would say it is more due to a lack of poor promotion than anything else.
I really hope WA State Lottery is paying attention to this thread and it would be awesome to have this game replace the current lucky for life game that cost $5.. Which is $1000 a week for life and this new game that is offered beats it by offering $7000 a week for life..
Where could i buy it online from WA state?
According to Missouri Lottery website you can play up to 15 drawings.
No way I would want to play a crooked game. However, many people here say if you come up with a really successful system, you should keep it to yourself. There has to be a reason for that.
the cash options aren't that great considering the large matrix of numbers you have to get right to win them. better off playing the other games with better cash options. see powerball and mega millions cash option 2nd tier prizes compared to this one. better off funneling the money into those than this. game appeals to a younger demographic to be sure but most lottery players were born before 1965 which negates the long term benefit of this game
I reckon I'll give it a try.
Doesn't look like Oklahoma will be getting this game or any other game for that matter.
From OLC we have looked into games like this before and unfortunately our state's 35% profit restriction keeps us from being able to participate in games of this nature. The other states involved do not have the legislative constraints that we operateunder and can afford to properly fund games like this and Scratchers at price points above $5. If something ever changes with the profit restriction we can look into game of this nature. To help, please contact your local legislator to discuss removing or reducing the 35% profit restriction. Thank you for your support of the Oklahoma Lottery.
It looks like maybe lottery players are going to have to get the laws changed if you guys want better games. You all seem to have a lot of restrictions in place when it come to the type of lotteries that you are allowed to have there.
It would be nice if the state legislation would lift the 35% restrictions
I did think about contacting my legislator but don't know what good it would do. 
I guess I'll just have to continue to play in Texas. 
The payoffs ain't that bad for a $2 game with two nice jackpots. Sales will depend on the size of the MM and PB jackpots.
Lots of states have $1 local games that paid better than $5.75M cash with 1:30.8M odds so this could be a hard sell even in Kentucky.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence and more preferable lottery games are in other states But I was comparing Lucky for Life with the KY's current $2 Five Card Cash game with odds of 1:2,598,960 for winning $100,000. The odds on another game, Cash Ball are 1:1,268,520 for winning $200,000 on $1 ticket and players can purchase 50 cent tickets.
The overall odds are terrible on all three games, but better than the $5 a ticket Monopoly MC.