‘Lucky for Life’ lottery game to end in 2026, replaced by new $5 drawing game
" Lucky for Life " is about to run out of luck.
The multi-state lottery game that offers players $1,000 a day for life will be phased out next year in Massachusetts and every other participating state, Massachusetts State Lottery officials confirmed.
Launched in Massachusetts in 2012, the game will be replaced by a new daily drawing game called "Millionaire for Life." Tickets will be $5 each, in comparison to the $2 draws in "Lucky for Life."
Players will also see a much larger annual payout. Under "Lucky for Life," winners receive $7,000 a week or a secondary prize of $25,000 a year for life, in addition to smaller-tier prizes.
But the new game promises an even larger yearly prize — $1 million a year for life. It also offers a secondary top prize of $100,000 a year for life, according to the Montana State Lottery page on the game.
The decision was previously made in a consortium vote of all lotteries participating in "Lucky for Life," Massachusetts lottery officials said, and a vote was held with the Massachusetts Lottery Commission last week.
Tickets for "Millionaire for Life" will go on sale beginning Feb. 21, 2026, the Montana lottery page shows, and drawings will still be held daily.
The new game appears to have a similar style to "Lucky for Life," which currently has players select five numbers between 1-48 and one Lucky Ball number between 1-18.
In "Millionaire for Life," players will now choose five numbers between 1-58 and one number 1-5. Besides the annual $1 million and $100,000 prizes, players have seven other ways to win prizes between $8 and $7,500.
Massachusetts State Lottery Executive Director Mark William Bracken said the decision was made "in an effort to merge Lucky for Life and Cash4Life into a singular game as a more advanced product for its players," the State House News Service reported.
The Massachusetts Lottery "did not vote in favor of this change, particularly for the price increase," Bracken told the outlet, but is "excited to share this new opportunity to win $1 million a year for life with our players in 2026."
"Lucky for Life" ticket sales have fluctuated over the past three years, the outlet reported. There are currently 23 lotteries that participate in the game, while 33 state lotteries will participate in "Millionaire for Life."
Unadjusted overall sales in Massachusetts and its net profit are both up for the first four months of fiscal 2026 — by $30.3 million and $42.7 million, respectively — compared to the first four months of fiscal 2025, State House News Service reported.
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