How to Claim a Massachusetts State Lottery Prize
Massachusetts State Lottery masslottery.com
Where to cash a winning Massachusetts ticket, what to bring and how long you have. Sign the back of your ticket first.
Where to claim
- Up to $600Any Mass Lottery agent (prizes up to $600)
- Up to $103,000A Mass Lottery office (prizes of $601 up to and including $103,000 won on retail purchases)
- Over $103,000Lottery headquarters, 150 Mount Vernon Street, Dorchester: prizes over $103,000 (and online prizes of $50,000 or more)
Small prizes: bring
- Your signed ticket
Big prizes: bring
- Your signed ticket
- A claim form
- Photo ID
- Proof of Social Security number (asked by the lottery, never by this app)
Claiming by mail
Prizes up to and including $50,000 can be claimed by mail: Massachusetts State Lottery, P.O. Box 859036, Braintree, MA 02185-9036. $601 to $5,000 can be claimed with mobile cashing in the Mass Lottery app.
Deadlines
- Draw games365 daysafter the draw
- Cash option60 daysto choose a lump sum
- Minimum age18to play and claim
Draw games: within one year of the draw date (Mass Cash, Megabucks, Numbers, Keno rules; Mass 3 and Mass 4 say 366 days). Megabucks jackpot winners have 60 days to choose cash or 20 annual payments.
Taxes: Massachusetts taxes lottery prizes at 9%. What you keep from a Massachusetts prize
From the Massachusetts State Lottery's own claim rules: masslottery.com, masslottery.com, masslottery.com. Rules change: check with the lottery before you travel.
Questions
How long do I have to claim a Massachusetts State Lottery prize?
365 days after the draw for draw games.
How old do you have to be to play the Massachusetts State Lottery?
18.
Are Massachusetts State Lottery prizes taxed?
Yes: Massachusetts taxes them at 9%. Federal: 24% is withheld from prizes of $5,000 or more.