The Most Win-derful Time of the Year Means CASH Prizes!
♫ It’s the Most Win-derful Time of the Year!
There’ll be much cash a-flowin, and hearts will be glowin
When holiday scratch and InstaPlay tickets are near!
There’ll be games where you’ll match, and five tickets to scratch
Prizes to be won instantly!
Don’t forget the nonwinners, 50 VIP Club pros and beginners
Have a chance to win and be glee! ♫
You could win up to $250,000 instantly with this new lineup of holiday tickets! Starting at just $2, five new scratch tickets –
Doughman Doubler,
Crossword Gold,
Holiday Luck X20,
Holiday Cash, and
Merry Money, plus two new InstaPlay tickets –
Merry Money Match and
Warm Wishes – are in retailers now!
Plus we’re giving away $1 million in total in the The Most Win-derful Time of the Year Play It Again® promotion – you could be one of 50 winners to
take home your share of the lot when you enter your nonwinning tickets into your VIP Club account!
See all the prizes and entry deadlines below:
Prizes & Draw Structure*
| Entry Period |
Drawing Date |
Prizes |
No. of
Winners |
10:00 a.m.
Oct. 20, 2026
thru 9:59 a.m.
Dec. 8, 2026
|
Dec. 9, 2026 |
$20,000 |
5 |
| $10,000 |
10 |
| $5,000 |
10 |
10:00 a.m.
Dec. 8, 2026
thru 9:59 a.m.
Jan. 6, 2027
|
Jan. 7, 2027 |
$200,000 |
1 |
| $100,000 |
2 |
| $50,000 |
3 |
| $25,000 |
4 |
| $10,000 |
5 |
| $5,000 |
10 |
*Any entries not selected as winners in a drawing on Dec. 9 will be eligible and automatically roll into the drawings on Jan. 7.
Questions about how to enter or other promotion details?
See our The Most Win-derful Time of the Year FAQs.
Official Rules
The Most Win-derful Time of the Year Rules PDF.
NOTE: Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view PDF documents.
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