Hoosier Lotto Number Generator

Hoosier Lotto is the jackpot game the Hoosier Lottery runs only in Indiana. Its official name is "Hoosier Lotto with +PLUS". It is sold at participating Hoosier Lottery retailers, roughly 4,400 of them across the state. The lottery's mission is "to return maximum net income to the state in a socially responsible manner". Each year it pays $30 million to local police and firefighters' pensions and $30 million to the Teachers' Retirement Fund. It also funds the Lottery Surplus Fund, which pays for state priorities and reduces costs such as vehicle excise taxes. From October 1989 to June 30, 2025, the lottery transferred $8.1 billion to the State of Indiana.

The game dates from September 1994, when Hoosier Lotto replaced Lotto Cash, the lottery's first draw game (1990). Until 2016 a play cost $1 and covered 6 numbers from 1 to 48, with jackpot odds of 1 in 12,271,512. In spring 2016 the lottery relaunched it as "the new Hoosier Lotto with +PLUS". The price rose to $2, the field shrank to 1-46, every play got a built-in multiplier, the $1 +PLUS draw was added, and the draw moved from about 10:50 p.m. to about 11:00 p.m. The current game rules took effect on August 26, 2026.

Each draw night the lottery holds two separate selections. First it draws six winning Hoosier Lotto numbers from 1 to 46, and straight after that it draws six +PLUS numbers from the same 1-46 range. A play wins with two or more matching numbers in either draw, and one ticket can win in both. The order of the numbers does not matter.

Draws are held Wednesdays and Saturdays around 11:00 p.m. ET. You must buy your ticket by 10:39 p.m. ET on draw day.

Checked: 2026-11-04, source: Hoosier Lottery.

A Hoosier Lotto play costs $2, and the price includes a multiplier. The terminal prints one of 1X, 2X, 3X, 5X or 10X on every play, and it multiplies that play's prizes for matching 3, 4 or 5 numbers. The rules give its approximate odds as 2X 1 in 2, 1X 1 in 4.5, 3X 1 in 6, 5X 1 in 18 and 10X 1 in 18. The rules apply it only to those three cash tiers, not to the jackpot.

+PLUS costs $1 more per play and covers every play on the ticket. Your same six numbers go into the second drawing. Its top prize is a set $1,000,000, its other cash prizes are slightly higher than the base game's, and the multiplier on your play applies to them as well. With Multi-Draw you can play the same numbers in up to 10 consecutive drawings, and if you added +PLUS it is included in every one of them. Numbers can go on a paper playslip or a digital myPlayslip in the Hoosier Lottery app, which the retailer scans. Tickets cannot be canceled once bought.

Checked: 2026-11-04, source: Hoosier Lotto with +PLUS game rules.

Six numbers out of 46 can be chosen in 9,366,819 ways, and exactly one of them hits the jackpot. For a single play, 240 combinations match five, 11,700 match four, 197,600 match three and 1,370,850 match two. Dividing gives the official odds above: 1 in 39,028.4, 1 in 800.6, 1 in 47.4 and 1 in 6.83. Because +PLUS uses its own draw from the same field, a play in both drawings wins something about 1 time in 3.24. With a 10X multiplier, the most a non-jackpot prize can pay is $5,000 in the base game and $6,000 on +PLUS. The odds calculator reproduces the 6/46 figures.

Jackpot rules: the estimated annuity jackpot starts at $1,000,000. Under the current rules it rises by $200,000 per drawing, starting with the third drawing after the last jackpot win. The director may announce a larger amount when the lump-sum fund can buy a bigger annuity. 35% of sales funds the jackpot. Another 3.03% goes into a jackpot reserve until that reserve reaches $1.5 million, and after that it is added to the jackpot too. If several plays match all six, they share the jackpot equally. The +PLUS $1,000,000 is fixed per winner, but if a single +PLUS drawing would pay more than $2,000,000 in top prizes, $2,000,000 is shared among the winners.

Cash or annuity: a jackpot winner has 60 days to choose, in writing, between one lump sum and 30 annual payments that grow by about 4% a year. The choice cannot be changed afterwards. A winner who does not choose is paid the lump sum.

Checked: 2026-11-04, source: Hoosier Lotto with +PLUS game rules.

Hoosier Lotto's lowest prize is a free play rather than cash. Matching 2 of the 6 Hoosier Lotto numbers wins one free quick pick for a future Hoosier Lotto drawing. Matching 2 of the +PLUS numbers wins a free quick pick for a future drawing with +PLUS included. At 1 in 6.8 per play, this is by far the most common win, and it is the main reason the overall odds are 1 in 6. Counting cash prizes only, the computed odds are about 1 in 44.7 per draw. The free play is issued as a quick pick, so the terminal chooses its numbers.

Draw-game prizes must be claimed within 180 days of the drawing. Sign the ticket, because you need it and a valid ID to be paid. For wins under $600, participating retailers redeem tickets, most up to $25 and some up to $599, or you can claim by mail. Wins from $600 to $49,999 are paid by mail or at the Prize Payment Centers in Indianapolis, Mishawaka or Evansville. For $50,000 or more, which covers every jackpot and every +PLUS top prize, call 1-800-955-6886 to book an appointment at the Indianapolis headquarters, 1302 N. Meridian Street.

The lottery withholds the minimum federal and state tax when winnings minus the wager are more than $5,000, and the minimum state tax on winnings over $1,200. Any debt owed to the State of Indiana is deducted from the prize first.

Copy your generated six numbers onto a Hoosier Lotto playslip, or save them as a myPlayslip in the Hoosier Lottery app and have the retailer scan your phone. Mark the +PLUS box or the number of draws (up to 10) at the same time. Buy before 10:39 p.m. ET on Wednesday or Saturday. Our quick pick guide covers the general steps.

Hoosier Lottery games are for players 18 and older. Indiana's Problem Gambling Helpline is 1-800-994-8448, you can text INGAMB to 53342, and the lottery offers a 24/7 live chat. A random generator cannot make a line more likely to win, as our prediction explainer shows. More on playing responsibly.