Playing Illinois Lottery Games in Retail

You can purchase tickets for FastPlay™, FastPlay Scan-N-Play, Powerball®, Mega Millions®, Lotto, Lucky Day Lotto®, Pick 3, Pick 4, and HotWins® games.

Please visit the Store Locator page to search for Illinois Lottery retail locations.

You can purchase lottery tickets from a store clerk or through an Illinois Lottery vending machine. 

When purchasing a Powerball, Mega Millions, Lotto, Lucky Day Lotto, Pick 3, or Pick 4 ticket, you can pick your numbers using a play slip, by telling your retailer what numbers you’d like, or by selecting your numbers on an Illinois Lottery vending machine. For FastPlay, you simply need to select the ticket you wish to purchase. Once you’ve confirmed your selections with the retailer, you must pay for the ticket, and then they will print your ticket. If you are using an Illinois Lottery vending machine, please select Purchase after confirming your selections. Please note that you must add funds to the machine before you can make any selections.

Yes, you must add money into an Illinois Lottery vending machine before you can make a purchase. The machine does not provide change, so your purchase should use all of the funds you have loaded into the machine. You may use cash, a credit card, or a debit  card at the vending machines. 

Please see the Cashless Payment Option for Illinois Lottery Vending Machines FAQ for more information on using a credit or debit card.

The maximum balance allowed on an Illinois Lottery vending machine is $200.

If a ticket has a prize of $200 or less, you can add the entire prize to your balance. 

For any win over $200, but $600 or less, the message, “Congrats! You won $XXX! Please take your ticket to the clerk,” will appear on the screen. You will be unable to add the prize to the balance on the machine.

For any win over $600, the message, “Congrats! You won $XXX! Sign your ticket & claim at Lottery,” will appear on the screen.  You will be unable to add the prize to the balance on the machine.

Yes, you can purchase more than one game at a time. 

Yes, depending on the game, you can purchase tickets for multiple draws for one game.

If you purchased your ticket at an Illinois Lottery retailer, you can determine whether your ticket is a winner by scanning the barcode located at the bottom of the ticket with the scanner on the ticket checker, Illinois Lottery vending machine, or the Illinois Lottery app.

To scan a lottery ticket using the Illinois Lottery app, tap the Scanner icon at the bottom of the app screen and, using the camera on a mobile device, position the camera over the ticket’s barcode, so the barcode is in the indicated area. Note that you will have to allow the app permission to access your camera in order to use the ticket scanner. 

To view an Instant Ticket barcode, you must scratch to reveal the full barcode.

When you purchase a ticket from an Illinois Lottery retailer, wins of $600 or less can be redeemed by Illinois Lottery retailers, subject to fund availability. Any prize over $600 must be claimed by mail or at an Illinois Lottery Claim Center. Prizes of $10,000 or less may also be redeemed through an Illinois Lottery e-Claim. For more detailed information on claiming your prize, visit the Claiming Game Prizes FAQ or our When You Win page.