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Powerball

Idaho’s favorite game, Powerball, celebrated its 30th Anniversary on April 19, 2022. Thirty years ago, the Idaho Lottery, along with 13 other state lotteries and the District of Columbia collaborated to create Powerball – a game that would create big jackpots, player excitement, and tremendous benefits for each jurisdiction. Over the years, Idaho has had five Powerball jackpot winners and another 73 players who’ve won over $200,000 playing the most popular game in the Gem State. In August 2021, nationwide Powerball underwent game changes, including the addition of a third weekly draw on Monday nights. At that time, Idaho included PowerPlay with all Powerball purchases to provide increased value for players. PowerPlay multiplies non-jackpot winning prizes from 2 to 10 times, up to $2,000,000. On March 17, 2022, Governor Little signed House Bill 607, a measure passed by the Idaho Legislature and aimed at keeping Powerball sales in Idaho. Powerball’s popularity, and two $600 million jackpot runs, helped it achieve a 14.8% sales increase.

Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle

Is there any color more associated with autumn than orange? For the past decade and a half, orange has been the color of winning in Idaho, marking the annual return for one of Idaho’s more popular games, the Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle. It is one of the most widely anticipated games each year.

The 15th edition of this popular holiday game set records this year. The annual holiday favorite went on sale October 21, 2021, and sold out in just 34 days. This was the fastest-to-sell-out time in the game’s history. The 250,000th ticket was sold on November 23, 2021, two days before Thanksgiving. The winner, Mike Lloyd, a snowcat groomer for Sun Valley, claimed his $1,000,000 winner with only twelve days left before the ticket was set to expire.

Idaho Cash

On July 16, 2021, the popular in-state draw game Idaho Cash moved to daily draws. Idaho Cash was good for Idaho Lottery players as there were seven jackpot winners during the year starting with a $168,900 winner in August 2021 and ending the year with a $160,400 winner in June.