New Hampshire Lottery launches $30 scratch-off ticket offering record $3 million top prize

Comment #17

grwurston — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:07:35 GMT

3 Million over 30 years. Too long to wait for all of it. That's $100,000/year before taxes.

Comment #16

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:25:44 GMT

Tucker is right. The cash jackpot is the real jackpot. If a winner chooses the annuity the cash amount of the jackpot is simply invested to pay the annuity.

The annuity payout is promoted in advertising jackpots to look better.

Comment #15

Bleudog101 — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:57:32 GMT

Probably a thing of the past like an Edsel, but years ago some states offered scratch tickets called 'Taxes paid' and you'd actually get the money the ticket read. They weren't priced like this madness is either.

Comment #14

Tucker Black — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:37:42 GMT

States don't win jackpots. People do.

Comment #13

Tucker Black — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:37:07 GMT

It's because the odds of winning the NH scratch off is 780 times better than PB/MM.

Comment #12

Wentworth — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:31:15 GMT

they claim Billions for education but ... the education system is in the tank nobodys

educated ... wheres the money show me the money ,,,,

Comment #11

Wentworth — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:26:52 GMT

I agree they have ways of rigging things the pool piles of cash together and pump out every ticket.

Comment #10

Wentworth — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:17:50 GMT

As usual as i live in this state iust another ripoff .They tried this before and it bombed .

from 30 dollars down to one dollar tickets ... any real winners are scarce as hens teeth.

they issue three million of these things and put a few thousand winning small prizes .

Ripoffs ....

Comment #9

mypiemaster — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:52:55 GMT

It's funny there's always a catch .

Comment #8

ShagE3 — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:42:01 GMT

Not me .....

When I do scratchers ..,..which is seldom to none (maybe Christmas or my birthday) my philosophy is to buy $5 and $10 and maybe maybe one $20 but generally I like to buy the $20 scratchers when/if I win $20 or more on a $5 or $10 so that I don't feel like I wasted my own $$$.

Have a shaggy day!

ShagE3

Comment #7

ShagE3 — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:32:05 GMT

Well put .....

For thirty dollars I can buy 10 to 15 powerball tickets for a cash value of 9 mil or six tickets of megamillions for a cash value of around 22 mil.

Of course, it's a lot harder to win than the scratcher but that's another thing.

Have a shaggy day!

ShagE3

PS On another topic, tho lottery related .... What's with Ark and Del twice winning multistate mega lottery jackpots as of recent memory

Comment #6

welington — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:36:57 GMT

$30 for a mere 3 million dollar price is highway robbery to lottery players

Comment #5

Coin Toss — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:40:58 GMT

With paranoia you'll never dine alone.

Comment #4

Tucker Black — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:18:52 GMT

Scratch offs usually don't engage in this bait-and-switch. Sad to see it happening.

Comment #3

Coin Toss — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:18:02 GMT

So do you apply that to all cash option payouts and if so why did you wait until now to satisfy so? Just curious.

Comment #2

Bleudog101 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:03:44 GMT

Some lucky soul south of the border will definitely win one of these (Massachusetts).

Comment #1

Tucker Black — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:38:56 GMT

The $3 million top prize can be claimed as an annuity paid out over 30 years, but players may opt to claim it as a $1.75 million cash option before taxes.

So then it's not $3 million. It's $1.75 million.

New Hampshire Lottery launches $30 scratch-off ticket offering record $3 million top prize

Lottery Post — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:21:00 GMT

Granite State upping the ante on most expensive lottery ticket

By Kate Northrop

The New Hampshire Lottery launched its most expensive game in over a decade: a $30 scratch-off ticket that offers the biggest-ever prize in the state at $3 million.

New Hampshire lottery players have a shot at winning the largest scratch-off prize in state history with the New Hampshire Lottery's latest $30 instant ticket.

The new $30 game is called $3,000,000 Cash Spectacular, and it offers players a... [ More ]