The Montana Lottery has announced several exciting changes to the Montana Millionaire event for 2024, aimed at building on the success of previous years and incorporating feedback from players and sales agents.
The most significant change is the addition of another million-dollar grand prize, bringing the total to four $1 million prizes.
This increase follows last year’s expansion to three $1 million prizes. To accommodate the growing popularity of the event, the number of available tickets will be increased to 500,000, up from 380,000 in 2023. Despite these changes, the ticket price will remain at $20.
In place of the former “Early Bird” drawings, the Montana Lottery is introducing a “Quarter Million Monday” drawing. This new feature will offer a $250,000 prize and is scheduled for December 2, 2024.
Players will have even more chances to win instantly in 2024:
- 200 additional $500 instant win prizes.
- 2,500 more $100 instant win prizes.
Ticket Sales and Drawing Date
Montana Millionaire tickets will go on sale on November 1, 2024. The grand prize drawing is typically held during the last week of the year, between Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
These changes came about in response to the increasing popularity of Montana Millionaire. In 2023, all 380,000 tickets sold out in just five hours, demonstrating the high demand for the event.
The modifications to the Montana Millionaire event for 2024 are designed to enhance the experience for participants while responsibly managing the growth of this popular lottery game.
The Montana Lottery was created by a citizen’s referendum in 1986. Since then, it has paid over $1.06 billion in prizes and returned approximately $361.3 million to the State of Montana and $104.5 in sales agent commissions.
In 1995 the state legislature passed SB 83, which redirected lottery revenue earmarked for the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the General Fund as “part of a larger bill simplifying revenue allocations throughout state government.” – wikipedia
