Montana lottery wheels
Montana has 2 lotto-style games: Montana Cash and Big Sky Bonus. It also sells Powerball, Mega Millions, Millionaire for Life and Lotto America. Choose a game to mark your numbers and see what each wheel guarantees, or read on for how the Montana games compare and how to play a wheel there.
Montana lotto games compared
| Game | Numbers | Per line | Draws a week | Top prize | Top prize odds | A small wheel* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Cash | 5 of 45 | $0.50 | 2 | Jackpot, from $40,000 | 1 in 1,221,759 | 10 numbers, 17 tickets, $9 a draw; comes into play on 1 in 15 draws |
| Big Sky Bonus | 4 of 31 + Bonus Number (1–16) | $2 | 7 | Jackpot plus $10 | 1 in 503,440 | 8 numbers, 14 tickets, $28 a draw; comes into play on 1 in 23 draws |
* The smallest wheel that guarantees a three-number match whenever three of the winning numbers are among the ones you mark. Each game's page has bigger and smaller wheels.
Which Montana game suits a wheel?
- For a guarantee that comes into play most often: Montana Cash. With 10 of its 45 numbers marked, three winning numbers land among yours on 1 in 15 draws, about once every 8 weeks.
- For the lowest cost per line: Montana Cash, at $0.50 a line.
- For the longest odds and usually the biggest top prize: Montana Cash, at 1 in 1,221,759 per line.
Buying tickets in Montana
- Tickets are sold in stores, not online.
- Ticket courier services are allowed in Montana.
- The lottery's app can turn your numbers into a digital playslip, a QR code the retailer scans. That's the quickest way to enter a wheel's lines.
- To play a wheel in a store, copy each line onto an official playslip, or read your lines to the clerk.
- Montana can refuse prizes to anyone who buys more than 5% of all possible combinations in 24 hours.
For official rules, results and retailers, visit the Montana Lottery. LotteryWheels.com is independent and not part of the Montana Lottery.
National games in Montana
Other Montana Lottery games
The Montana Lottery also runs Montana Millionaire. Wheels don't apply to it: they only help with games where you pick several numbers from one pool.