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A million more for the Montana Millionaire game

Photo by Kay Erickson

A unanimous Lottery Commission approves more tickets and more prizes for this year’s game.

The Montana Lottery Commission Thursday approved more $1 million grand prizes, more tickets, more instant wins and what they say are better overall odds.

The 2025 Millionaire game will have five $1 million grand prizes, 120,000 more tickets than in 2024, 200 more $500 instant winners, 1,600 more $100 instant winners and the $250,000 Quarter Million Monday Drawing on Dec. 1.

Last year, all 500,000 tickets sold out in less than three hours from when they went on sale at 5:30am on Nov. 1.

In announcing the additional features for 2025, the Montana Lottery Commission says there will be better overall odds.

Tickers are still $20 will once again go on sale at 5:30am on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025.

Kay Erickson has been working in broadcasting in Billings for more than 20 years. She spent well over a decade as news assignment editor at KTVQ-TV before joining the staff at YPR. She is a graduate of Northern Illinois University, with a degree in broadcast journalism. Shortly after graduation she worked in Great Falls where she was one of the first female sports anchor and reporter in Montana.