Hot Lotto (1990s)

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This article is about the former game offered in Idaho. For the current MUSL game, go to Hot Lotto.

Hot Lotto was the name of an Idaho-only lottery game available in the 1990s. It is unrelated to the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) game called Hot Lotto, which began in 2002; the Idaho Lottery became its 11th member, in 2007.

The former Hot Lotto was a pick-5-of-32 game that was $1 per play. Matching two numbers won $2; three or more won a parimutuel cash prize. Matching all five won a small prize even for a pick-5 game, it was believed to always be under $2,000 (because of the generous prize for just two numbers.) If no ticket matched all five, which almost always happened, the first prize pool was added to second prize.

Idaho has offered several pick-5 games in its history, but not currently.