A new $50 lottery scratch ticket will be released in February 2024 with a grand prize of $1 million a year for life, the Massachusetts State Lottery confirmed to MassLive.
The new ticket will be the lottery’s second installment of a $50 scratch ticket game, and comes a year after its highly-successful “Billion Dollar Extravaganza” scratch ticket released Feb. 2023. “Billion Dollar Extravaganza” was the best-selling lottery ticket in the state and across the country in 2023.
The game is called “Lifetime Millions,” and will offer a top prize of $1 million a year for life, the lottery said. It will also offer lower-tier prizes valued at $2 million and $1 million.
Similar components of “Billion Dollar Extravaganza” will be present in “Lifetime Millions,” including each winning ticket’s minimum prize of $100, an 82% prize payout, the game’s play structure and its 10 “Second Chance” drawings.
“Our first $50 ticket has been amazing; arguably the best-selling ticket of any U.S. lottery, especially in the first 16 weeks of release,” said Mass. Lottery Director Mark William Bracken.
The $50 “Lifetime Millions” scratch ticket to be released in Feb. 2024 by the Massachusetts State Lottery, featuring a $1 million a year for life prize. Image by Massachusetts State LotteryMassachusetts State Lottery
Bracken said the lottery’s second $50 ticket will have three top prizes of $1 million a year for life, and said that prize “is truly for life” — even after a winner lives past the 20 years of guaranteed prize winnings, they will continue to receive $1 million a year for the rest of their life.
“It’s loaded with winners, just like our last one, and we timed it to supplement as the other $50 ticket begins to wind down,” Bracken said, adding the $50 ticket was about 70% distributed as of late December.
The lottery director said though he can’t be sure the lottery will release new $50 scratch tickets every year, the lottery will closely monitor if players enjoy “Lifetime Millions” after its release and is taking into account the success of its first $50 ticket.
