Millionaire for Life multi-state lottery game to replace Cash4Life and Lucky for Life in February

Comment #67

TBFio07 — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:51:34 GMT

They are rigging the game

who is running that game

Comment #66

TBFio07 — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:37:41 GMT

You're correct

why is there no recording of this game

this game is rigged

Comment #65

TBFio07 — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:36:47 GMT

snip this game sucks - one ticket is $5 dollars

its too bad they got rid of Lucky for Life

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Comment #64

meta19 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:29:09 GMT

Millionaire For Life isnt televised or recorded,use automated balls and is drawn in Iowa.Eddie Tipton is this behind this

Comment #63

meta19 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:13:59 GMT

California wins enough anyway

Comment #62

meta19 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:11:22 GMT

The drawing for MFL us held in Iowa and isn't recorded and they're using automated balls.Who's running this...Eddie Tipton

Comment #61

meta19 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:08:10 GMT

The new game Millionaire For Life isn't televised or recorded!Need to petition to have these draw games televised.

Comment #60

TBFio07 — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:28:26 GMT

This game sucks

Lucky for Life was a better game

Comment #59

sirbrad — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:39:37 GMT

I always played the Cash 4 Life for $2.00 and liked it, but never won much with it. I won way more through Match 6, and smaller games like Pick 3 and Pick 4. That is the only way I will be playing a $5.00 game mostly, if I have a bunch of other winning tickets. $5.00 is too much to lose, and for $10.00 you only get two tickets which are almost guaranteed to lose, when you could get 10 other $1.00 tickets instead, or 5 $2.00 tickets.

But the payout is much better at about $750,000 a year, or

Comment #58

HoLeeKau — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:02:41 GMT

* The annuity for this generally makes even less sense than with PB or MM, especially for anyone over 50ish.

I'm over 50 and I already have plans to get a full body MRI from someplace like Ezra before I decide whether to take the annuity or cash. If I don't have any serious illnesses, it'll be annuity. People are often living into their 90's these days. My family isn't especially long lived but I take better care of myself than the rest of them do.

https://ezra.com/pricing... [ More ]

Comment #57

KY Floyd — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:50:25 GMT

I haven't paid any attention to this game nut I just saw it on the NY lottery's home page for the first time. Obviously everybody gets to decide whether or not they want to play, but here are a couple of thoughts.

The first is largely about playing this or playing PB (or MM) when the jackpot is still small. Generally, at least 8 to 10 million people (5 to 7 isn't unusual for Monday drawings) spend $2 when the annuity is $20 to $30 million (even if you die before the drawing) and the cash val... [ More ]

Comment #56

HoLeeKau — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:50:11 GMT

I think this is the first draw game I've ever heard of that doesn't pay if you only hit the extra ball (Millionaire's Ball in this case).

I'll play on Thursday and Sunday when nothing else big is drawing. No way am I playing every day.

Comment #55

TheOtherOne — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 23:16:40 GMT

I've enjoyed C4L in TN for years but I love LFL even more. I get multi draws in other states and do so much better.

I boycotted MM with the $5 change but admittedly play it here and there.

Not planning to play this Millionaire for life a whole lot. I'll buy a few but it just p1sse$ me off.

Comment #54

speeddmon — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 02:28:51 GMT

I think it's more that FL doesn't want to pay out the top prize if won lol.

Comment #53

speeddmon — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 23:57:13 GMT

So we're really not getting this in FL? That sucks. Hopefully I can hit on Cash4life before it ends

Comment #52

play4shekels — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:03:25 GMT

I suspect that Florida 1) doesn't think M4L will fly at $5 a ticket; 2) doesn't need a game with nearly identical odds as Florida Lotto yet a sad bottom line compared to Lotto; and 3) They might be trying to salvage the Jackpot Triple Play game by stretching it out to seven days a week.

And, one extra Lotto drawing would more than replace M4L revenue and income. For the life of both games, Lotto has grossed $3.4M per draw after paying out prize money- C4L only $113K.

Comment #51

play4shekels — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 19:03:14 GMT

Since FL is not jumping on the $5/ticket bandwagon, I guess I'll just have to miss Cash For Life. Just barely missed two 2 second prizes in Dec 2024. Only game that has reasonable odds to win enough money to be comfortable for a long time.

I wouldn't be able to afford the $25 a draw to pick a set of numbers everyday and cover all the Cash Balls like I can do for $8 now, so I might have only played one ticket 3 or 4 times a week.

HOWEVER...they could raise the jackpot as they have and le... [ More ]

Comment #50

speeddmon — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 20:35:36 GMT

FL here too. Since mega million went to $5 and now this, it's time to cut out some games. I hope FL gets it but I think it will be a weekend game for me.

Comment #49

Nino224 — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 21:19:06 GMT

For some reason, Florida is always last to the party, and it seems we won't be at this one either. We were last to join Powerball and MegaMillions also.

Just as well, I suppose. We don't have a winning record with these multi-state games, and $5 a day on one game is more than I need to be spending.

Comment #48

TBFio07 — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:35:48 GMT

$5 for 1 ticket wth

not playing every day

Comment #47

JADELottery — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:28:33 GMT

Game Comparison

Lucky for Life (5/48 + 1/18) IA $2.00

Match Prize Amount Odds

5 + 1 $7,000 a week for life 1 in 30,821,472.0

or

$365,242.50 per year for life

5 + 0 $25,000 a year for life 1 in 1,813,027.8

4 + 1 $5,000 1 in 143,355.7

4 + 0 $200 1 in 8,432.7

3 + 1 $150 1 in 3,413.2

3 + 0 $20 1 in 200.8

2 + 1 $25 1 in 249.7

2 + 0 $3 1 in 14.7

1 + 1 $6 1 in 49.9

0 + 1 $4 1 in 32.0

Millionaire for Life (5/58 + 1/5

Comment #46

DELotteryPlyr — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:49:30 GMT

YES, Delaware is a small state and does not have the players like other states. I lived close enough to play in Delaware and you could definitely tell they didn't have the players Maryland did. I am sure they want to 'protect' their scratch off games so players spend on those instead.

Comment #45

pstfleur — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:58:48 GMT

$5 a ticket is pretty lame. I most likely won't play unless I win some cash from fantasy 5 and use some of the winnings to play millionaire for life.

Comment #44

GiveFive — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 23:20:59 GMT

Your employers are all laughing and hope you don't notice that they have not kept your pay at pace with inflation.

Yup. But executive pay hasn't ever had a problem with inflation. G5

Comment #43

Tucker Black — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:15:48 GMT

I'll play every now and then.

The odds of winning the top prize are not outrageous like PB/MM.

There are no mandatory multipliers, like MM and Colorado's Lotto+.

Comment #42

JADELottery — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:41:18 GMT

Players will be able to purchase advance multi-draw tickets for Millionaire for Life in blocks of 28, 21, 14, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1.

Basic Cost Matrix

$5.00 Advanced Multi-Draw Blocks

28 21 14 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Play Lines 1 $140.00 $105.00 $70.00 $35.00 $30.00 $25.00 $20.00 $15.00 $10.00 $5.00

2 $280.00 $210.00 $140.00 $70.00 $60.00 $50.00 $40.00 $30.00 $20.00 $10.00

3 $420.00 $315.00 $210.00 $105.00 $90.00 $75.00 $60.00 $45.00 $30.00 $15.00

4 $560.00 $420.00 $280... [ More ]

Comment #41

Think — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:17:13 GMT

The Michigan Lottery started in 1972. According to the official inflation calculator $1 in 1972 was$7.69 last year.

Point being wages have not kept pace with inflation. The $5 ticket price seems expensive due to that.

It's a result of the giant sucking sound and the international race to the bottom that we were warned about in the 90's.

Everything IS expensive due to low wages. The old rules of thumb tell us just how expensive.

Those are divide your annual pay by 3 to figure out... [ More ]

Comment #40

dickblow — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 04:08:51 GMT

keep it going nj lottery what are the odds its us against the nj lottery will always win were just wasting our money for 5 bucks a ticket no thanks I dont even play mega

Comment #39

GiveFive — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 03:57:21 GMT

I dunno....

Everybody says MM's days are numbered due to this 5 dollars a line BS.

Casinos in Vegas dont fail because they can afford to fail. It's either that or they're too big to fail.

IMHO MUSL and MM cant and wont fail for the very same reasons. G5

Comment #38

PrisonerSix — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:53:52 GMT

You make good points, but everyone's situation is different. In my current situation, I'd take the lump sum and invest it. If something happens to me, I want my wife to be well provided for permanently, not just for the duration of the annuity.

If I was single, I'd take the annual payments since it would only be me to worry about. For the annual payments, I'd take a certain amount to live on and place the rest in investments and savings.

The $5 MegaMillions supposedly hasn't done so we... [ More ]

Comment #37

PrisonerSix — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:36:54 GMT

Neither is my state, Louisiana. I'm not too far from the Mississippi border so maybe I'll have to cross the line every now and then to give it a try. If it were in my area, I might play it occasionally, but not every day.

The $5 MegaMillions hasn't done very well and it will be interesting to see how this does.

Comment #36

GiveFive — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:32:05 GMT

I also believe that while multiple winners of the jackpot in the same drawing is definitely possible, that that's an outlier. It could happen but it very likely won't. And state lottery's know that. My guess is that they have it covered in the Official Rules, but they aren't thinking they'll have to resort using to that rule.

I play PB for a second prize win and I buy the PowerPlay option. I play the exact same line five times on my ticket. If I matched the first five numbers, but not the P... [ More ]

Comment #35

Tucker Black — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:27:11 GMT

It doesn't matter which option the winners choose. The top prize is split among all winners. Two winners means they can choose between $500,000/year or $9 million lump sum.

The second prize is not pari-mutuel unless 21 or more win it.

https://millionaire-for-life.com/cash-vs-annuity

With daily drawings, this is pretty unlikely, unless the game gets very popular.

Comment #34

GiveFive — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:41:04 GMT

I have to believe that buried somewhere in the Official Rules for Millionaire 4 Life there is a statement that states if more than a specified number of players win the top prize in the same drawing, and the prize pool cant cover the amount required to pay them all the advertised top prize, then it will be come parimutuel. Or something like that...

My question is where are the Official Rules for the game published? G5

Comment #33

billybucks — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:14:41 GMT

No one was really playing it at 2.00. It drew in some play but the prizes are not what most lottery players are seeking and now for 5.00 a line this game will die a quick death.

Comment #32

nelliemarie — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:10:39 GMT

I am thinking the reason for the 5 dollar price tag is because of the odds of the top prize are like 1:22.9 million which are better than lucky for life and way way way better than mega and powerball

Comment #31

ShagE3 — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 04:10:03 GMT

I wonder ..... what if X number of people win the top prize and choose the CASH option will mil 4 life pay them in full ie 18 mil each?

Have a shaggy day?

ShagE3

Comment #30

winterbird — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 02:58:27 GMT

I'm in FL too, and Cash4life was the draw I played the most. I liked the $2 price without any possible add-ons. Cheap and simple, no additional milking for cash because you'd regret not adding on extras in case you win.

For $5, I'm out entirely. I stopped playing Megamillions when they raised it to $5.

Comment #29

Benjamins — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 21:49:31 GMT

Exactly

Comment #28

Benjamins — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 21:47:53 GMT

This is just ludicrous! Another $5 lottery! Only ones getting rich are the states moving forward on this money grab! This really stinks! I was a true CFL player, but now my purchases will be limited if I even buy! Pure GREED

Comment #27

BaltimoreRon — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 19:47:51 GMT

disappointed, same

Comment #26

Rigged50 — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 19:22:26 GMT

I rarely win anything with the Mega millions $5 game; now another one......

Comment #25

ShagE3 — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 18:51:52 GMT

You make very good points. Well stated!

I will play ..... but maybe not as often as the lotto powers that be expect of me.

I wonder what the powers that be project lotto players will spend in a week for mil 4 life?

Me? I'll play once per week on down pb/mm weeks ..... Meaning if those two games are below 350/400 mil I'll abstain from them and buy a ticket but, only one a week. Maybe two a week but, I try to set up rules for me to adhere to and stay disciplined.

Have a shaggy day... [ More ]

Comment #24

Litebets27 — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 17:50:38 GMT

The odds are bad, the price of a ticket is bad. Lottery keeps finding ways to stop me from playing. I hope Maryland doesn't buy into it.

Comment #23

NJPiney — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:29:01 GMT

Sad that many of them claim record breaking profits year after year but would still vote to increase the prices against their players. They don't even make the odds or prizes worth it. They should do these experiments for scratchers, not draw games

Comment #22

GiveFive — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:13:51 GMT

While I seriously doubt it, could The Florida Lottery actually be thinking It's too expensive and players wont go for it?

My money is on this guess... There's a bill authorizing one of the games in The Florida State government that's stuck and it hasn't yet been sent to The Governor for signature. G5

Comment #21

GiveFive — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 13:56:04 GMT

Maybe The Florida Lottery is simply playing it cool, but I doubt it.

Just because they haven't confirmed they'll offer one of the new games doesn't mean they never will. Maybe they simply didn't bother to confirm they'll offer one. Could be there's a bill moving through the Florida Assembly/Senate in Tallahassee authorizing it and it has yet to be sent to The Governors desk for signature. Gotta have the laws in place first.

I do wonder why they haven't advertised anything if they plan o... [ More ]

Comment #20

DELotteryPlyr — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 10:32:50 GMT

WOW!!! Normally every state lottery jumps on any new game to increase sales ect. Very happy MDLottery is not. Don't like the $5 cost, would have played if it was $2 a game.

Comment #19

Think — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 07:24:07 GMT

Hmmm...a lot of players are only seeing the $5 ticket cost.

What I'm seeing is that I can go for $1,000,000 per year for life or $18,000,000 lump sum at any time without having to wait for it to build up to that level. On top of that the odds are ten times better than Mega Millions or Powerball.

No other game in Michigan will let you do that with no waiting(other than for the daily draw time).

To get a full week of Powerball and mega millions tickets is $16 to $22 depending on option... [ More ]

Comment #18

Momoftenone — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 05:00:49 GMT

And nobody really wins anything major anyway if you look at the statistics very few people have ever won on Cash for Life or Lucky for Life in each state that has the games that's why I don't even bother playing when the Powerball gets big yeah that's a different story but if they raise their prices of $5 they won't have my business either

Comment #17

Momoftenone — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 04:58:17 GMT

You said that right! And regular folks who work for a living can't afford it

Comment #16

Momoftenone — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 04:56:10 GMT

Me for one player also will NOT be playing because of the prices..I quit playing the mega millions because it went to five bucks and very few Ever win on any of of the big games the odds are against the little fella or should I say the less fortunate who haven't the resources to afford five dollars a game..

Comment #15

mrfadeaway — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 04:50:39 GMT

These state lotteries just keep getting greedier.

Comment #14

ShagE3 — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 02:45:32 GMT

Well there is quite a range of opinions on mil 4 life here in this forum.

First off thanks Kate for the info!

I'm a lucky 4 life player but, I only play on mon and or thur when the pb and or mm is less than 250 mil (tho' I m thinking of raising the threshold to 300 or 350 mil).

I'm sorta a traditionalist on the Monday and Thursday thing as the original drawings were held on these two days

Now that the price has increased I will change one criteria .... that is I'll definitely o... [ More ]

Comment #13

lottobrain — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:11:47 GMT

Delaware put out a media statement that players here were not interested in another $5 ticket game. Being a small state, lottery is not supported enough for the new game. They only allow a $400,000 loss on play 3 and play 4 numbers before a number is cutoff for sale.

Comment #12

Tucker Black — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 23:10:47 GMT

It's probably because of their pari-mutuel law. It would be silly to offer a game called millionaire for life if it never pays a million dollars a year. Even the simple game of Pick 3 doesn't pay $500 for a $1 straight bet (it could, by chance). It's more than $500 if fewer than average tickets hit and less than $500 if more than average tickets hit it.

Comment #11

Todd — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 21:49:43 GMT

Yeah, very strange about the four states that currently have one of the two for life games and they're OK with losing the game with no replacement. Makes no sense to me.

Delaware (Lucky for Life) Florida (Cash4Life) Maryland (Cash4Life) Missouri (Cash4Life

Comment #10

JADELottery — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 21:48:40 GMT

Attack of the $5.00 Clones

It's gonna help me stop playing.

Comment #9

noise-gate — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 21:28:58 GMT

*.. and California wants nothing to do with any of these games.

Comment #8

welington — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 21:24:36 GMT

The $5 Prices going to turn off some players

Comment #7

Bleudog101 — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 20:14:09 GMT

Thanks for the update.

KLC didn't respond to my question if KY would get it or not...maybe they're worried about the storm that just hit here

Comment #6

grwurston — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 19:42:11 GMT

Md isn't on the list so I won't be playing. Oh, well.

Comment #5

Think — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 18:40:59 GMT

The way I look at it is it is a great game to play while waiting for the 40 rolls on other games.

It will probably be my go to game until some other game is changed or a new one comes along.

I currently watch the 47, multi states, fast Cash and, when I win something, the $50 scratchies here in Michigan. I do, on rare occasions, play some of the crappier games here though.

Comment #4

Tucker Black — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 17:10:45 GMT

Good points. You could have the lottery deposit the money into an interest-bearing savings account and set up automatic transfers to your checking account. Make the transfers a bit less than 1/52 of the annual payment and save the difference plus interest.

You could transfer $7,000 per week and have about $50,000 left over each year from the $1M minus taxes.

Comment #3

shy1979 — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 16:40:53 GMT

I play Lucky for Life regularly and what I like most is the grand prize payout structure. If you take the For Life annuity, it pays out weekly instead of annually. $7k minus taxes so $4.5k ish direct deposited every week is a very good paycheck. I don t know if every state has the same payout structure but in Colorado s official rules it states weekly direct deposits starting from the 2nd check (you get the first check the day you claim it).

I know most people would take the $5.7m lump sum

Comment #2

NJPiney — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:58:39 GMT

Another $5 draw game? These people are crazy

Comment #1

GiveFive — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:25:03 GMT

Florida isn't on the list of states that are confirmed to offer it.

I'm in Florida, but that $5 per play horse dung don't thrill me, so it probably won't matter to me whether or not Florida does offer it.

We do have Cash4Life, but I never play it. I waste my money on other games like PowerBall. G5

Millionaire for Life multi-state lottery game to replace Cash4Life and Lucky for Life in February

Lottery Post — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 13:52:14 GMT

Here's what we know about the upcoming for life draw game

By Kate Northrop

The new Millionaire for Life multi-state draw game is just around the corner, which will offer the jackpot of a lifetime.

Millionaire for Life is set to debut in just a month, as Lottery Post first announced last October. As we say goodbye to Lucky for Life and Cash4Life for good, here's what we know so far about the new multi-state for life game that will replace them.

Players in 31 jurisdictions will ha... [ More ]