Lucky for Life - wikipedia Lucky for Life This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2014 ) Lucky for Life ( LFL ) is a lottery drawing game ( as of September 2017 ) available in 24 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. 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. With the District of Columbia joining 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, and Nebraska on August 20, 2017, the game now has 25 members. Contents 1 First - and second - prize payouts 2 Odds and prizes 3 Lucky for Life members 3.1 Current members ( 25 ) 4 See also 5 References 6 External links First - and second - prize payouts 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. Second prize is $25,000 per year for life. Lucky for Life uses a 5 / 48 ( white balls ) + 1 / 18 ( green `` Lucky Balls '' ) draw matrix ; its 2013 game modification had 43 balls in each of the two drums, while the previous version was 5 / 40 + 1 / 21. ( The Connecticut - only game drew 4 of 39 white balls and 1 of 19 green `` Lucky Balls '' ; hence the name Lucky - 4 - Life. ) 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 A player wins a prize according to the following chart ( effective January 27, 2015 ) : Matches Prize Approximate probability of winning on a $2 bet White Balls ( 48 ) Lucky Ball ( 18 ) 5 $1,000 / day or cash option † 1 : 30,821,472 5 0 $25,000 / year or cash option † ‡ 1 : 1,813,028 $5,000 ‡ 1 : 143,356 0 $200 1 : 8433 $150 1 : 3413 $25 1 : 250 0 $20 1 : 201 $6 1 : 50 0 $4 1 : 32 0 $3 1 : 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. The overall odds of winning are 1 : 7.8. Lucky for Life members Current members ( 25 ) Members Joined Arkansas January 27, 2015 Colorado July 17, 2016 Connecticut † 2009 Delaware January 27, 2015 District of Columbia February 15, 2015 Idaho January 27, 2015 Iowa ‡ January 24, 2016 Kansas November 15, 2016 Kentucky March 22, 2015 Maine 2012 Massachusetts 2012 Michigan January 27, 2015 Minnesota January 27, 2015 Missouri January 27, 2015 Montana January 27, 2015 Nebraska ‡ August 20, 2017 New Hampshire 2012 North Carolina February 7, 2016 North Dakota February 26, 2016 Ohio November 15, 2015 Rhode Island 2012 South Carolina January 27, 2015 South Dakota June 4, 2017 Vermont 2012 Wyoming December 4, 2016 † Original member ; game started as Lucky - 4 - Life. Connecticut continues to host the drawings. ‡ The minimum age to play LFL is 18, except in Nebraska, where it is 19, and Iowa, where it is 21. See also Cash4Life, a similar game offered in Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia. References Jump up ^ http://www.neluckyforlife.com/about/ ( retrieved April 2, 2012 ) Jump up ^ https://www.nhlottery.com/Games/LuckyForLife/Rules.aspx ( retrieved April 2, 2012 ) Jump up ^ `` Lucky For Life Frequently Asked Questions ''. Retrieved 12 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Buying Tickets ''. www.ialottery.com. Iowa Lottery. Retrieved 2 October 2015. External links Official website Lucky for Life on Facebook Lucky for Life on Twitter Lotteries in the United States US lotteries Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas US Virgin Islands Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Multi-state games ( by number of jurisdictions ) Powerball ( 47 ) Mega Millions ( 46 ) Lucky for Life ( 25 ) Hot Lotto ( 14 ; final drawing to be held October 28, 2017 ) Cash4Life ( 9 ) MegaHits ( 5 ) 2by2 ( 3 ) Tri-State Lottery ( 3 ) All or Nothing ( 2 ) Former multi-state games Cash4Life ( 1998 -- 2000 ) Daily Millions Decades of Dollars Lotto * America ( originally 1988 -- 1992 ; new version to begin November 12, 2017 ) Lotto South Midwest Millions Monopoly Millionaires ' Club Wild Card Win for Life Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lucky_for_Life&oldid=801428628 '' Categories : Lottery games in the United States Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from June 2014 All articles needing additional references Twitter username same as Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 19 September 2017, at 16 : 32. 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