Lucky Day Lotto Number Generator

Lucky Day Lotto is the Illinois Lottery's own five-number jackpot game. Drawn twice a day, seven days a week, it can be bought only inside Illinois: from a licensed store, a Lottery vending machine, or an online account at illinoislottery.com. Like the state's other regular Lottery games, its profits support Illinois K-12 public schools through the Common School Fund.

The game has changed name and shape several times:

• June 1, 1988: starts as Cash 5, a 5/35 game drawn Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
• May 15, 1989: renamed Little Lotto.
• November 7, 1994: field changes to 5/30, the first change since 1988.
• August 4, 1998: a Tuesday drawing makes it a five-day-a-week game.
• February 25, 2004: "New Little Lotto" brings a 5/39 field, rolling jackpots from $100,000 and a prize for matching two numbers.

By 2013 the game was called Lucky Day Lotto, and on June 2, 2013 a midday drawing joined the 9:22 p.m. one. The latest field change came on July 13, 2014, when the game went from 5/39 to 5/45. The Lottery said this would give larger, longer-building jackpots, and the price stayed at $1.

There are two drawings every day: midday at 12:40 p.m. and evening at 9:22 p.m. Central Time. A digital draw system selects five numbers from 1 to 45, with no bonus ball. Your numbers must match in the same panel to count.

When you buy, you choose the midday drawing, the evening one, or both. The Lottery's site showed sales for the evening drawing closing at 9:15 p.m. Drawing videos are posted on the Daily Drawings page and the Illinois Lottery YouTube channel.

Checked: 2026-11-04, source: Illinois Lottery Draw Game Rules, effective November 16, 2025.

Each set of five numbers costs $1. A Lucky Day Lotto slip has five panels, A to E, so a single-draw ticket costs $1 to $5. You can pick your own numbers or take a Quick Pick.

At a store, one ticket can run for up to 25 consecutive drawings: midday only, evening only, or both. Online you can buy up to 8 drawings ahead or subscribe for up to 12 months. A subscriber's wallet needs funds 90 minutes before a drawing. Online buyers must be Illinois residents aged 18 or over who are inside the state when they buy.

EZmatch is sold only in stores, not online or on subscriptions, and costs $1 more per panel per drawing, doubling the ticket price. Five EZmatch numbers print below your Lucky Day Lotto numbers, each with a prize amount. If any EZmatch number equals one of your own five numbers, you win that prize instantly, before the drawing even takes place.

Each EZmatch panel prints on its own ticket, which shows YES or NO for the feature. EZmatch prizes can be claimed for 365 days from the first draw date on the ticket.

Checked: 2026-11-04, source: Illinois Lottery Draw Game Rules, effective November 16, 2025.

Five numbers from 45 give C(45,5) = 1,221,759 possible lines. The number of lines matching a given count:

• 4 of 5: 200 (5 × 40);
• 3 of 5: 7,800;
• 2 of 5: 98,800.

With the jackpot line, that makes 106,801 winning lines. Our calculation gives 1 in 11.44 overall; the rules list each tier but no overall figure. A $1 prize for two matches just returns the cost of the play. Compare other formats in the lottery odds calculator.

Before each drawing, the Lottery sets the advertised jackpot from current and past sales. It is split equally among the lines that match all five. The rules set two floors:

• the jackpot is never less than $100,000;
• no winning line is paid less than $5,000, however many share it.

With no winner, the jackpot money moves to the next drawing, and because there are two drawings a day it can rise twice in one day.

Of the prize pool, 58.13% goes to the jackpot, 6.55% to the four-match prize, 19.15% to three matches and 16.17% to two. The Lottery puts 2.5% of the jackpot pool into a reserve used to cover shortfalls. It stops adding to the reserve at $150,000 and starts again when the reserve falls below $100,000.

There is no annuity: every Lucky Day Lotto prize, jackpot included, is paid in one payment, rounded down to the nearest 50 cents.

Checked: 2026-11-04, source: Illinois Lottery Draw Game Rules, effective November 16, 2025.

EZmatch works differently from the drawing. Its prizes come from a fixed pool of 260,000 plays that refills automatically once the top prizes are gone, so its odds are set by that pool rather than by the numbers drawn.

The Lottery says this table can change, and the current version is posted at its offices and retailers.

You have one year from the drawing date to claim a Lucky Day Lotto prize. Where you claim depends on the amount:

• $600 or less (every 2-, 3- and 4-match prize, and EZmatch prizes up to $100): can be cashed at most retailers, if the store has the funds. Online wins of $600 or less are added to your account wallet automatically.
• Over $600 up to $10,000 (including the $1,000 and $5,000 EZmatch prizes): a Claim Center, by mail, or by e-Claim.
• Over $10,000 up to $1 million: a Claim Center or by mail. The $100,000 minimum jackpot falls in this range.
• $1 million or more: call the Player Hotline at 1-800-252-1775, option 9.

Claim Center visits need an appointment, photo ID and proof of your Social Security number. If a multi-draw ticket wins before its last drawing, you can cash it straight away and get an exchange ticket for the remaining drawings. Prizes are subject to tax withholding as the law requires.

Mark the five numbers in one panel of a Lucky Day Lotto slip, mark the slip's spot for evening draws if that is the drawing you want, and add EZmatch if you want it. For several drawings, tell the retailer how many, and whether midday, evening or both. Online, enter the line at illinoislottery.com and pick "Both draws", "Midday draws" or "Evening draws". The general steps are in how to play a quick pick.

Lucky Day Lotto is for players 18 and older, and a random line has the same 1 in 1,221,759 jackpot chance at noon or at night as any other line (why no generator can predict a draw).

Illinois offers crisis counseling and referral at 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) or by texting GAMBLER to 833234, and self-exclusion at 1-800-252-1775. See also play responsibly.