New Hampshire's lottery games include Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Powerball, Tri-State Megabucks Plus, and numerous scratch tickets.
New Hampshire is part of the Iowa-based Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), having joined it in 1995.
[6] A special election, on March 10, 1964, allowed residents of New Hampshire's cities and towns to vote for or against the sale of Sweepstakes tickets.
[3] Initially, the New Hampshire Sweepstakes was conducted by Thoroughbred horse races at Salem's Rockingham Park, with the winning numbers based on the races, rather than simply drawing numbers from a barrel or using ping pong balls, to avoid violating US anti-lottery statutes.
As with Mega Millions or Powerball, Megabucks utilizes a 5+1 format; it draws 5 of 41 numbers from the first machine, and 1 of 6 from the second.
The new version of Lotto America will begin on October 28, 2017, the day of the Mega Millions format change New Hampshire is waiting until 2018 to join because it began its Keno game on December 15, 2017.
Three years later, it expanded to become a regional game, now called Lucky for Life, played in six states.
(The original 4+1 double matrix is now 5+1, Lucky for Life drawings remain in Connecticut).
On September 17, 2013, changes included an annuitized second prize ($25,000-per-year-for-life), first- and second-prize winners now had the option of cash in lieu of lifetime payments.