Overview
- Tickets went on sale at 5:30 a.m. for $20, drawing pre-dawn lines with some customers queued by 4:30 a.m. and reports of individual purchases exceeding $10,000.
- The 2025 game offers five $1 million grand prizes, a $250,000 drawing on December 1, and thousands of $500 and $100 instant-win prizes, with the grand-prize drawing on December 26.
- The Lottery expanded supply to 620,000 tickets this year—up 120,000 from 2024—and added a fifth $1 million prize, yet the run still sold out in a little over six hours.
- The limited-ticket game is open to both Montana residents and non-residents, fueling heavy traffic at retailers across the state.
- According to the Lottery, the first $2.25 million in proceeds supports the scholarship program, with remaining funds directed by law to the state's general fund; total Lottery revenue was about $147 million in 2023.