How to Play Quick Draw
Quick Draw is a rapid-fire game with draws every four minutes, so it has to be easy to play! It just takes a few steps to take part, so head to any of the 15,000 New York Lottery retailers that sell tickets and get involved now.
Draws take place 24 hours a day, apart from a brief break between 3:25 AM and 4:00 AM ET. Follow the guide below to pick up a ticket. You can also learn how to play Money Dots further down the page.
Quick Draw Information
- Find a retailer where you can play and decide how many numbers (also known as spots) you want to play. If you pick just a single number, it is known as a 1-spot game. If you pick two numbers, you are playing a 2-spot game, and so on, right up to the 10-spot game.
- The number range in Quick Draw is 1 to 80. You can either choose your own numbers or opt for a Quick Pick to have them generated at random.
- Decide how much you want to wager per play - $1, $2, $3, $4, $5 or $10.
- Add Quick Draw Extra by marking the relevant box if you wish to increase prizes by up to 10 times (more details on the Odds and Prizes page). If you include Quick Draw Extra, it doubles the cost of a wager.
- Indicate on the playslip how many consecutive draws you want to play, up to a maximum of 20.
- Hand your playslip to the retail clerk or use the NYL vending machine to pay for your tickets. The total cost is the wager amount multiplied by the number of draws entered (and doubled if you add Quick Draw Extra), although the maximum that can be spent on one playslip is $100.
Extra Features
If you have played Quick Draw in the last 30 days and still have your ticket, you can ask the retailer to play it again. You will then be given an identical entry for the next drawing. You can even select the ‘Party Play’ option and buy a ticket for your server if you’re feeling generous.
When the draw takes place, 20 numbers will be randomly selected, and you win prizes based on how many of the winning numbers you match. Go to the Odds and Prizes page for full details.
Money Dots
Money Dots is drawn every four minutes just after Quick Draw (there are no draws from 3:30 AM to 4:00 AM ET). Money Dots costs just $1 to play and offers a top prize of $50.
Money Dots is only available as a Quick Pick - you will receive a ticket with eight random numbers from 1 to 80. To play, simply ask the retailer for a Money Dots Quick Pick, or fill out a play slip with the number of draws you'd like to enter (up to 20 draws in a row). You can also use a Quick Draw play slip and choose "Yes" at the bottom to play Money Dots.
The Extra multiplier option is not available for Money Dots, but you can submit old tickets from the last 30 days to ‘Play It Again’.
To win a prize, match one of the Money Dots numbers on your ticket to the one number that is drawn as the Money Dots winning number. For more details on the payouts available with Money Dots, go to the Quick Draw Odds and Prizes page.