Louisiana Lottery

The Louisiana Lottery offers a standard selection of draw-style games, scratch-offs, and fast play games at prices ranging from $1 to $20 per play and featuring a wide range of jackpots.

Unlike most states, the Louisiana Lottery limits ticket sales to players 21 or older instead of the more common minimum age of 18.

Read on for an in-depth guide to the Louisiana Lottery online. This page discusses the latest developments on initiatives allowing players to buy Louisiana Lottery tickets online, which games are available today, how to claim prizes, and more.

Louisiana Online Lottery

Louisiana law restricts lottery ticket sales to in-person purchases at authorized retailers via WinStation vending machines.

Currently, there’s no way to play the Louisiana Lottery online safely or legally. None of the nation’s leading lottery couriers operates in Louisiana or has announced plans to offer online ticket sales within the state.

BettingUSA will update this page with the relevant details if lawmakers introduce legislation to authorize online lottery sales or if any of our trusted courier apps announces plans to launch in Louisiana.

Louisiana Lottery Games

  • Mega Jackpot Draw Games: Powerball and Mega Millions
  • State-Operated Draw Game: Louisiana Lotto and Easy 5
  • Daily Drawings: Pick 3, Pick 4, and Pick 5
  • Fast Play: Buy tickets with instant results printed on them
  • Scratch-Offs: 25+ scratch-offs at prices ranging from $1 to $20

How to Claim Louisiana Lottery Prizes

Players can redeem winning tickets worth up to $600 at most retailers. The Louisiana Lottery requires authorized retailers to pay prizes up to $50 and encourages all retailers to cash tickets worth up to $600.

Players who win $600 to $5,000 can claim their winnings at any Louisiana Lottery office (locations here) or by mail.

To claim a prize by mail, players must send the following in a single envelop to the address listed below:

  • A photocopy of the front and back of the winning ticket, ensuring the barcode is visible, the information form on the back of the ticket is completed, and the ticket is signed*
  • A photocopy of the front and back of your photo ID
  • A completed lottery claim form

*When claiming Powerball and Mega Millions prizes, players must send the original ticket, not a photocopy

Louisiana Lottery Corporation
Attn: Prize Validations
P.O. Box 90010
Baton Rouge, LA 70879-0010

Players who win more than $5,000 must claim their winnings at any lottery office, and anyone who wins more than $510,000 may only claim their prize at the Louisiana Lottery headquarters in Baton Rouge.

Note: State and federal law requires the Louisiana Lottery to withhold 24% federal taxes and 4.25% state taxes from all prizes of $5,000 or more.

Contact the Louisiana Lottery

Players can contact the Louisiana Lottery via phone at 225-297-2000. The lottery also maintains a winning numbers hotline at 225-297-2350.

Louisiana Lottery FAQ

No. The only way to buy Louisiana Lottery tickets is in person at authorized retailers and WinStation terminals.

State law establishes a minimum age of 21 to buy Louisiana Lottery tickets.

  • Scratch-offs and fast play games: Within 90 days of the game’s official end date
  • Draw games: Within 180 days of the drawing date

No. State law maintains that all lottery prize payments are open records.

Louisiana Lottery sales revenue goes to the Minimum Foundation Program to fund K-12 public education.