VOL. 37 NO. 5
• BBQ Bucks • Powerball and NASCAR • America 250 • Millionaire for Life • Powerball News • Scratch for Schools
Retailer Newsletter Published May 2026
SECOND CHANCE:
Players can enter any non-winning BBQ Bucks ticket to win one of six $500 gift packs of meat from Double R Ranch/Snake River Farms Grill Package. There are six draws, one every month or until the game ends. That’s a lot of steak, ribs, or brats!
The Idaho Lottery has a game coming out this spring that’s going to put the sizzle into summer! BBQ Bucks begins lighting retail stores on fire (okay, not literally) on May 4th. Fire up the grill, get the smoker going, and break out the meat ‘cause this baby is hot, hot, hot! How hot? Twenty “hot” chances to win on every $5 game ticket. Even hotter? How about a top prize of $50,000 and more ways to win extra prizes than you can shake a BBQ skewer at? That’s delicious. Players that match their “HOT NUMBERS” under the BBQ coals to any of the “YOUR NUMBERS” win the prize shown. Get a stack of money and win that prize automatically. Reveal a money bag symbol and win all the prizes on the ticket.
ENTER THE RECIPE CONTEST:
The Lottery is sponsoring a BBQ side dish recipe contest on our website and through social for the chance to win $500 in BBQ Bucks Scratch tickets. The winners will be featured in a Digital Cookbook available for VIP Club members to purchase for 25 VIP Club points. About the only thing this game doesn’t come with is leftover mopping sauce for the rolls. We’re putting the sizzle back into summer with BBQ Bucks. It’s not the BBQ, it’s not even the bucks: BBQ Bucks this summer is all about the sizzle!
Rev up your engine and start the Chase! Beginning May 1, 2026, Idaho Lottery Powerball players will have the NASCAR dream chance of a lifetime as they begin their pursuit of a trip to the final NASCAR Cup Series Championship WeekendTM in Homestead, Florida (Miami) and a 1 in 4 chance of winning $1,000,000! One lucky Idaho Lottery Powerball player will win $2,000 and be announced during the Darlington Raceway Cook Out Southern 500 race on September 6, 2026. In addition to cheering for their favorite driver, players can cheer on our Idaho winner for the rest of the season. Just like the Chase, the field of potential winners from across America will slowly narrow periodically throughout the fall until there’s a final four competition for the final race. Our Idaho finalist could advance all the way to the final, taking the checkered flag on their way to winning $20,000 in cash plus an all expenses paid trip to Florida where they would have a one in four shot of winning $1,000,000! The Florida trip is from Friday, November 6, 2026 through Monday, November 9, 2026 and includes roundtrip airfare for two and accommodations. It’s the ultimate trip for the ultimate NASCAR fan! Players enter their non-winning Powerball tickets through the Idaho Lottery’s VIP Club website from May 1 until June 10, 2026 at 11:59 pm MT. Have players see the Idaho Lottery website for more details!