About Lucky for Life®
Play Lucky for Life® and you could win $1,000 a day, every day, for LIFE!
Iowa Prize-Claim Deadline Is Changing With April 23 Drawing
Players normally can buy tickets for up to 10 drawings in advance in the Lucky for Life game. But with the upcoming changes to the Iowa prize-claim deadline,
beginning Thursday, April 13, the lottery is required to limit the number of multi-draw tickets
clerks may sell until the updates to the Iowa prize-claim deadline take effect on Sunday, April 23.
Any tickets purchased up to the Sat., April 22 drawing will still have a 365-day deadline for prize claims. Any tickets purchased for the Sun., April 23 drawing
and later will have a 180-day deadline for prize claims. Read more >>
The chart below shows how many multi-draw plays will be available on each date, both via the terminal and via play slip.
Lucky for Life Drawings Available
| Drawing Date |
Terminal
Before
Drawing |
Terminal
After
Drawing |
Play Slip
Before
Drawing |
Play Slip
After
Drawing |
| Thu., April 13 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
8 |
| Fri., April 14 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
| Sat., April 15 |
8 |
7 |
8 |
6 |
| Sun., April 16 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
| Mon., April 17 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
| Tue., April 18 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
| Wed., April 19 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
| Thu., April 20 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
| Fri., April 21 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Sat., April 22 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Sun., April 23 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
How To Play
Lucky for Life costs $2 per play.
Choose 5 out of 48 numbers for the white balls; then choose 1 out of 18 numbers for the Lucky Ball.
Use a play slip to choose your own numbers or request an "easy pick" from the clerk and the lotto
terminal will choose the numbers for you. Play more than one drawing by marking the "multi-draw"
box on the play slip for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 or 10 consecutive drawings.
Win the top prize of $1,000 a day for LIFE by matching all 5 white balls and the Lucky Ball. The game's
second prize - for matching all five white balls without the Lucky Ball - is $25,000 a year for LIFE. There are
8 other ways to win, so be sure to check your ticket after each drawing.
Lucky for Life prizes must be claimed within 365 days of the drawing for which they were eligible.
Prizes and Odds
| Match |
Prize |
Odds |
| 5 + 1 |
*$1,000 a day for LIFE |
1 in 30,821,472.00 |
| 5 + 0 |
*$25,000 a year for LIFE |
1 in 1,813,027.77 |
| 4 + 1 |
*$5,000 |
1 in 143,355.68 |
| 4 + 0 |
$200 |
1 in 8,432.69 |
| 3 + 1 |
$150 |
1 in 3,413.23 |
| 3 + 0 |
$20 |
1 in 200.78 |
| 2 + 1 |
$25 |
1 in 249.75 |
| 2 + 0 |
$3 |
1 in 14.69 |
| 1 + 1 |
$6 |
1 in 49.95 |
| 0 + 1 |
$4 |
1 in 32.02 |
Overall Odds: 1 in 7.77
*The set prize amounts published here are based on the expected number of winners sharing in the prize
pool. In some cases, these prizes may be paid on a pari-mutuel basis and will be lower than these prize levels.
Lucky for Life Top and Second Prize Options
The minimum payment period for the top and second prizes is 20 years. For both, players have the choice of a Cash Option
as an alternative to the Annuitized Payment option, as described in the table below. Players have 60 days from the date
they claim their prize to choose the Cash or the Annuitized Payment option. Prizes that are governed by "split-prize"
liability are divided equally among the winning tickets and may be less than shown.
Top Prize
| Winners |
Annuitized Payment Option |
Cash Option |
| 1 |
$1,000 a day for life |
$5,750,000.00 |
| 2-14 |
**$1,000 a day for life |
**$5,750,000.00 |
| 15 or more |
(No annuitized payment option) |
**$7,125,000.00 |
Second Prize
| Winners |
Annuitized Payment Option |
Cash Option |
| 1-20 |
$25,000 a year for life |
$390,000.00 |
| 21 or more |
(No annuitized payment option) |
**$9,400,000.00 |
**Divided by the number of winners
History
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