620,000 Montana Lottery Montana Millionaire raffle tickets sell out in 6 hours

Comment #7

JohnGalt3 — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 12:37:33 GMT

No one on this board has the energy to talk about Mega Millions jackpot buildup?

I do and I will.

The jackpot started on July 1, 2025 over 4 months ago. Only 14 million tickets were sold for Tuesday's drawing meaning that only 5% of the possible numbers were covered roughly by definition. Jackpot odds are 1 in 290,472,336

I have been saying here that raising the price to $5.00 per ticket would negatively reduce sales by a lot and that is exactly the case. I am just guessing, but by... [ More ]

Comment #6

ShagE3 — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 03:57:28 GMT

P.U.!!

Do you know what stinx?

No one on this board has any energy to talk about buildup to the growing jackpots of Powerball or MegaMillions. That's what stinx!!!

Also my olive loaf and liverwurst sandwiches that I forgot I left in my car trunk three days ago during a heatwave . That also stinx!!!!

Have a shaggy day!

ShagE3

Comment #5

BronxScratcher — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 22:06:31 GMT

WOW! Last month, NY drew the winning numbers for the Erie Canal's bicentennial raffle, and they didn't even sell all 2 million tickets up for sale

Comment #4

JustMaybe — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 21:01:11 GMT

If the person in front of you is buying $10,000 worth of tickets for a lottery pool. Oh boy!

Good luck to all that are in it.

Comment #3

noise-gate — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:15:44 GMT

* Waiting in line since 4:30 am? l wonder they were giving away free iPhone's with the purchase

Comment #2

Think — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:00:33 GMT

Wow! I remember 20 or so years ago when that happened for the raffles here.

Looking at the games available in Montana I can see why they get so excited.

Good luck to everyone who has tickets!

What's frustrating in my state is they are currently offering the best raffle they have ever had but the tickets aren't selling because all the players see is that they are $50 but either they don't see the raffle is a great deal compared to other games here or they just don't have the disciplin... [ More ]

Comment #1

sully16 — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:56:20 GMT

Wow, sounds like good times, good luck all.

620,000 Montana Lottery Montana Millionaire raffle tickets sell out in 6 hours

Lottery Post — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:31:54 GMT

Residents waiting in line as early as 4:30 a.m. to grab tickets before they're gone

By Kate Northrop

The Montana Lottery's annual Montana Millionaire raffle was sold out in six and a half hours this year, with some dedicated players lining up at stores as early as 4:30 a.m. to make sure they don't miss out.

On the day of its launch, sales for the Montana Lottery's Montana Millionaire raffle were cut off by the time the afternoon rolled around.

Tickets took longer than last year t... [ More ]