The Casket Lottery is an American indie rock band from Kansas City, Missouri signed to Second Nature Recordings and Big Scary Monsters.
After leaving Coalesce in the fall of 1997, Ellis assumed bass duties, filling the hole left by Stacy's departure.
The band has toured across the United States numerous times (with Reflector, Small Brown Bike, Rocky Votolato, Proudentall, and Limbeck among others), and has released a healthy number of records.
In late August 2011 they announced via their Facebook page that they were to enter the studio with Ed Rose to record a new album.
In January 2020 the band started recording their 5th full length album at B-24 Studios in Kansas City, MO with Producer Ed Rose and Engineer Josh Barber.