The Montana Millionaire lottery is here, and the 620,000 tickets are expected to sell out fast.
In Great Falls, MT, people were lined up in the early morning hours to get the tickets.
By 7:45 a.m., over 500,000 of the tickets had already been sold, according to Non Stop Local in Billings.
According to that station, “over 2,000 tickets were sold in just 30 seconds.”
In 2024, the tickets sold out in three hours, Montana Right Now reported.
The top prize is $1 million, and the odds of winning it are 1:124,000, according to the Montana Lottery. Five tickets will win the top prize, one ticket will win $250,000, 2,500 people will win $500, and 6,100 people will win $100. The lottery commission approved more prizes in summer 2025.
Some Montana news sites posted ticket trackers.
“Montana Millionaire tickets just went on sale and if the line im seeing is any indication, we’re going to see another fast sell out. #mtnews,” wrote one news reporter on X, sharing a video.
A person wrote, “My husband is so funny. The past two years he didn’t get his Montana Millionaire lotto ticket because they sell out within a couple of hours and he’s always missed it. Determined to not be defeated this year he had me wake him up at 4:45 am so he could be first in line to get his ticket. Go Brad, house slippers, bed head and all he’s off to get it as tickets go on sale at 5:30 a.m.”
Wrote another person on X, “Happy Montana Millionaire Day to all that celebrate. Hope you get a lucky number.” People posted photos showing the lines on X.
The Montana Millionaire Lottery Winner Won’t Be Known Until December 2025
According to the Montana Lottery, the tickets went on sale on Saturday, November 1, 2025, at 5:30 a.m. The cost per play was $20.
“The Quarter Million Monday Drawing will be held on December 1, 2025, offering a prize of $250,000. The Grand Prize Drawing will take place on December 26, 2025, with five lucky winners!” the lottery wrote on its website.
The lottery is not available to Montana residents only. “The Montana Lottery is available to everyone of legal age, whether resident or visitor. Limiting the sale of a product to some people while excluding others is discrimination. It would also be contrary to our mission and place an undue burden on our retailers,” the lottery explains.
“We believe Montana Millionaire is special and successful because it’s exclusive. While we may introduce other raffle games in the future, currently we have made this strategic business decision based on detailed market research and analysis,” the lottery added.
The drawings are not shown live. “The Montana Lottery uses a certified random number generator (RNG) to select winning numbers for Montana Millionaire. This ensures fairness and eliminates the possibility of human error. While the RNG process itself is not visually exciting, we understand that some players may be interested in being a part of this day,” the lottery explained.
