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Lucky for Life (LFL) is a lottery drawing game, which, as of 2019, is available in 25 states and the District of Columbia. Lucky for Life, which began in 2009 in Connecticut as Lucky-4-Life, became a New England–wide game three years later, and added eleven lotteries during 2015. LFL's slogan is 'The Game of a Lifetime'. Drawings remain in Connecticut; Lucky for Life is drawn Mondays and Thursdays at 10:38 p.m. Eastern Time, using two drawing machines and numbered balls.[1]

Lucky for Life was modified on September 17, 2013, adding a second 'lifetime' prize tier, and a cash option for either annuity tier; LFL was modified again in January 2015 to its current format. Each Lucky for Life play costs $2.

The District of Columbia joined Lucky for Life (the first member added without changing the game's double matrix) on February 15, 2015, Kentucky on March 22, 2015, Ohio on November 15, 2015, Iowa on January 24, 2016, North Carolina on February 7, 2016, North Dakota on February 26, 2016, Colorado on July 17, 2016, Kansas on November 15, 2016, Wyoming on December 4, 2016, South Dakota on June 4, 2017, Nebraska on August 20, 2017, and Oklahoma on February 25, 2018.[2]

First- and second-prize payouts[edit]

Unlike other American lottery games (the exception being the nine-state Cash4Life) Lucky for Life offers two annuitized prize levels; both are advertised as 'lifetime' prizes. Beginning with the 2013 game modification, a first-prize winner can choose cash in lieu of the lifetime annuity; second-prize winners also are offered a cash option. A first-prize winner, if the annuity is chosen, receives, or shares, the equivalent of '$1,000 a day for life' (the timing of the payments is according to the rules where the ticket was sold), with a 20-year guarantee; if the winner dies, payments continue to the winner's estate.[3] Second prize is $25,000 per year for life.

Lucky for Life's double matrix, used beginning in January 2015, is 5 of 48 white balls and 1 of 18 green 'Lucky Balls'. The original, Connecticut-only version, was 4 of 39 white balls and 1 of 19 green balls; hence the name Lucky-4-Life. The format upon the change to its current name was 5/40 + 1/21; the 2013 game modification (including the new second 'lifetime' prize tier and the introduction of a cash option) had 43 balls in each of the two drums.

The 5/43 + 1/43 version never produced a top prize-winning ticket; the first winner under the current matrix was sold in South Carolina for the November 19, 2015 drawing. The winner, who claimed the prize anonymously under SCEL rules, was the first winner to choose cash in lieu of the annuity for the game's top prize, as all previous top prize winners are receiving their winnings under the game's pre-2013 rules.

Odds and prizes[edit]

A player wins a prize according to the following chart (effective January 27, 2015):

Lucky For Life
MatchesPrizeApproximate
probability
of winning on a $2 bet
White Balls
(48)		Lucky Ball
(18)
51$1,000/day or cash option†1: 30,821,472
50$25,000/year or cash option†‡1: 1,813,028
41$5,000‡1: 143,356
40$2001: 8433
31$1501: 3413
21$251: 250
30$201: 201
11$61: 50
01$41: 32
20$31: 15

† First-prize cash option is $5,750,000; multiple winners share the top prize regardless of payment option(s) chosen. Second-prize cash option is $390,000. The cash option amounts are decided by a unanimous vote of the LFL lotteries; these amounts are posted at least 30 days before the change(s) occur.

‡ Second and third prizes also have liability limits.

The prize pool is approximately 60 percent of sales.

Winning Numbers Lucky For Life

The overall odds of winning are 1:7.8.[4]

Participating lotteries[edit]

MembersJoined
ArkansasJanuary 27, 2015
ColoradoJuly 17, 2016
Connecticut †2009
DelawareJanuary 27, 2015
District of ColumbiaFebruary 15, 2015
IdahoJanuary 27, 2015
Iowa ‡January 24, 2016
KansasNovember 15, 2016
KentuckyMarch 22, 2015
MaineMarch 3, 2012[5]
MassachusettsMarch 15, 2012[6]
MichiganJanuary 27, 2015
MinnesotaJanuary 27, 2015
MissouriJanuary 27, 2015
MontanaJanuary 27, 2015
Nebraska ‡August 20, 2017
New Hampshire2012
North CarolinaFebruary 7, 2016
North DakotaFebruary 26, 2016
OhioNovember 15, 2015
OklahomaFebruary 25, 2018
Rhode Island2012
South CarolinaJanuary 27, 2015
South DakotaJune 4, 2017
Vermont2012
WyomingDecember 4, 2016

† Original member; game started as Lucky-4-Life. Connecticut continues to host the drawings.

‡ The minimum age to play Lucky for Life in Iowa is 21, while in Nebraska it is 19;[7] elsewhere it is 18.

See also[edit]

  • Cash4Life, a similar game offered in Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia; drawn nightly (including Sundays) as of July 1, 2019

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References[edit]

  1. ^http://www.neluckyforlife.com/about/ (retrieved April 2, 2012)
  2. ^https://www.lottery.ok.gov/luckyforlife.asp#winners
  3. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2012-04-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) (retrieved April 2, 2012)
  4. ^'Lucky For Life Frequently Asked Questions'. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  5. ^http://mainelottery.com/about/index.html
  6. ^http://www.malotteryx.com/Lucky-For-Life/last-10/winning-numbers.htm
  7. ^'Buying Tickets'. www.ialottery.com. Iowa Lottery. Retrieved 2 October 2015.

External links[edit]

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