The Montana Lottery says tickets for the annual “Montana Millionaire” will go on sale beginning at 5:30 a.m. Friday, November 1, 2024.

Changes to Montana Millionaire in 2024

In March 2024, lottery officials announced several changes for this year’s event.

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

• Four million-dollar grand prizes
• 500,000 tickets
• “A quarter of a million Monday”
• More instant wins

The agency is adding another $1 million grand prize this year, bringing the total to four. This follows last year’s increase from two to three million-dollar prizes.
The number of tickets sold this year will increase to 500,000, compared to 380,000 in 2023. Tickets will still cost $20. Last year, all tickets sold out within five hours.

The Montana Lottery is also adding a $250,000 “Quarter Million Monday” drawing on Monday, December 2, 2024; this will replace the old “Early Bird” designs.

There will also be more instant prizes: 200 additional instant wins of $500 and 2,500 additional instant wins of $100.

The grand prize draw will take place on Thursday December 26, 2024.

PREVIOUS WINNERS

Last year’s winning million-dollar tickets and where they were sold:

• 299951 – Kalispell Municipal Pump (2910 US 93 South)
• 315800 – Town & Country Supply (Hilltop Road in Billings)
• 346589 – Heidelberg Lounge (Division Road in Great Falls)

Previous million-dollar winners over the years include three from Butte, two from Great Falls, four from Billings, two from Columbia Falls and one each from Winnett, East Helena and Laurel. In 2022, no one won one of the two Montana Millionaire prizes, so the money went to the state’s General Fund.

Due to a change in law, the Montana Lottery is no longer permitted to release the names of Montana Millionaire winners without their explicit consent.

WHO CAN BUY TICKETS – AND HOW MUCH?

The Montana Lottery has provided answers to several frequently asked questions:

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions regarding the Montana Lottery, here are the contact details:

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 406-444-5825
Address: Montana Lottery, 2525 North Montana Avenue, Helena, Montana, 59601-0598

WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?

The money generated by the lottery is used in several ways.

“The lottery exists to generate revenue for the state of Montana. Most of the sales go to pay for prices, operations, and basically whatever is left at the end goes to the state. That’s determined by state legislative action and the beneficiary, as we call it, has changed several times,” Dan Iverson, Montana Lottery chief content officer, told MTN News several months ago .

Currently, the first $2.25 million is for the Montana Stem/Healthcare Scholarship Program, administered by the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education and the Montana University System. What’s left goes to the state’s general fund, which is dictated by the legislature.