Ohio Lottery is a state-run lottery operator offering an extensive range of draw games, scratch-offs and keno. Additionally, Powerball and Mega Millions multi-state lotteries are offered along with horse racing and Vegas-style casinos for additional gambling options. Proceeds from lottery sales go toward supporting educational projects within Ohio.
Ohio Lottery players can buy tickets through various retail locations and online, as well as downloading the official Ohio Lottery app with its convenient ePaySlip feature allowing barcode scanning at participating retailers and scanning tickets through mobile devices to see if they’re winners.
Ohio Lottery, as a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association and offering popular draw games such as Powerball and Lucky for Life, charges $2 per play and requires players to select five numbers between 1 to 69 and one from 1 to 26 as well as one Powerball number between 1 to 26 – plus adding Megaplier multiplies jackpot prize two, three, four or five times!
Ohio Lottery also provides instant-play games known as EZPLAY through their lottery terminal, including all the information needed to play and win them. There are many themed versions to choose from and winning tickets remain valid through 180 days after being validated through the terminal – with $267 Million Jackpot won on EZPLAY back in February 2006 being one of their biggest ever winning tickets! Throughout its long history of service to education and community programs through donations of lottery proceeds to such programs as Education Foundation of Greater Cleveland (EFGC).