How to Play the Kentucky Lottery Online

Players can get started by visiting KYLottery.com and signing up for a Fun Club account. Signing up for the Fun Club is free and involves verifying your identity, which includes confirming your name, address and the last four of your social.

Confirming your identity and joining the Fun Club unlocks online ticket purchases, instant win games and keno complete with winnings deposited straight to your account. Once you have a Fun Club account, you can buy Kentucky Lottery tickets online at KYLottery.com or through the official mobile app for iOS/Android.

How to Buy Powerball Tickets Online in Kentucky

Kentucky iLottery does a good job at making the process for buying Powerball and other tickets online fairly self-explanatory.

To buy Powerball online, visit the Kentucky Lottery website or open the mobile app, select “online lottery” from the main navigation menu, then select “Powerball.”

Next, you’ll be taken to a screen where you can pick your own numbers or let the system make quick picks at random. Then, select the number of drawings you want to play and confirm the purchase.

Powerball tickets cost $2 per play online just as they do in the real-world and the Power Play multiplier option can be activated for an extra $1 per ticket. You can buy up to 10 tickets at a time for anywhere from one drawing to 26 straight drawings (13 weeks).

Here’s what it looks like to buy Powerball tickets online through the mobile app:

Additional KY iLottery Draw Games

Players 18 and above can buy tickets online to all of Kentucky’s major draw games. This includes Powerball, Mega Millions, Cash Ball 225, Lucky for Life, Pick 3, Pick 4, and Cash POP.

The process of buying tickets for other games is basically the same as it is for buying Powerball tickets. All ticket prices are the same whether you buy them from a retailer or online and all can be purchased for multiple drawings.

Here’s a quick review of the games offered, ticket prices and how many you can buy at once:

Game	Cost Per Play	Maximum # of Tickets
Powerball	$2	15 drawings (5 weeks)
Mega Millions	$2	26 drawings (13 weeks)
Cash Ball 225	$1	21 drawings (3 weeks)
Lucky for Life	$2	21 drawings (3 weeks)
Kentucky 5	$1	21 drawings (3 weeks)
Pick 3	$1	7 drawings
Pick 4	$1	7 drawings
Cash POP	$1	20 drawings

Kentucky Online Lottery Bonus

The Kentucky Online Lottery welcomes new customers with a 100% first deposit bonus worth up to $849.

For example, a new user who makes a first deposit of $150 will receive an additional $150 in Bonus Bucks.

Bonus Bucks are not withdrawable, but players can use them to play the Kentucky Lottery online with no other conditions. The surprising thing about this offer is that it has zero wagering requirements or caveats. New users can sign up, deposit, get their bonus, spend it on lottery games, and withdraw all their winnings with no strings attached. Deposit match bonuses with no significant terms are extremely rare today.

No bonus code is necessary; just sign up and make your first deposit of at least $100 to get an extra $50 in bonus bucks.

Kentucky Lottery Mobile App

Players on the go can download the Kentucky Lottery mobile app for Android and iOS devices to buy tickets, play instant win games and scan tickets for winners. The Kentucky Lottery app is nice in theory, but customer reviews are generally quite negative in terms of actual functionality.

Out of 152 reviews submitted to Apple’s App store, the Kentucky Lottery has an average rating of 1.6 stars out of five due to many negative reviews submitted by users. The most common complaints relate to the app forcing players to log in every time they access the app, errors when trying to make purchases or deposits, frequent crashes and geolocation errors.

The good news is that if you do have issues with the Kentucky Lottery app, you can direct your phone’s browser to KYLottery.com to play all games online with no download necessary. This maybe your best option if you have issues with the mobile experience. You won’t be able to scan tickets from the mobile website, but you’ll still be able to buy tickets and play instant win games through the mobile-friendly website.

Kentucky Online Lottery Instant Win Games

Both the Kentucky Lottery website and mobile app have a growing collection of instant win games that serve as the digital version of scratch-off tickets. While some of these games function exactly like scratchers (where you scratch off hidden symbols to reveal prizes), others function more like arcade games or slots.

For instance, Astro Cash will have you shooting lasers at alien space craft to reveal prizes while Bounty Town will have you search the buildings in an Old West town on the hunt for fugitives and their ill-gotten gains.

The Kentucky Lottery instant win games can be played at prices ranging from $0.02 to $50, with top prizes exceeding $1 million in some games. Some anti-gambling types have expressed concern that these games too closely resemble online slots, but in reality these games look and feel like regular scratch-off tickets with a few modifications for online play. All are pretty simple and ticket prices are displayed clearly.

Additionally, Kentucky’s instant win games run at a much slower pace than actual slots. Each game must be purchased one at a time and it is difficult to play these games too quickly as you’re forced to scratch off your winning pieces one by one to reveal the outcome. All ticket prices are explained clearly up front, so there’s never any question as to how much you’re spending.

Instant Win Desktop Screenshots

Instant Win Mobile Screenshots

Kentucky Online Keno

The Kentucky Lottery website and mobile app host keno drawings every four minutes offering payouts as high as $1,000,000 on a $1 play. Players can wager anywhere from $1 to $20 per keno game, and all prizes are multiplied accordingly.

At the start of each keno game, you pick anywhere from 1 through 10 numbers out of a pool of 80 numbers. Every four minutes, the keno system draws 20 numbers at random and prizes are determined by the number of matches corresponding to your picks. The more picks you make at the beginning (up to 10), the higher the potential prize.

You can also activate the multiplier option in return for doubling your ticket price. If you choose this option, a wheel will be spun at the beginning of each round to give you a multiplier number ranging from 1x to 10x which will be applied to any winnings. For example, a 10x multiplier can potentially turn a $100,000 prize into $1 million.

This video from the Kentucky Lucky YouTube channel explains how to play Keno:

Online Keno Screenshots

Kentucky Lottery Deposits and Withdrawals

After signing up for an account with the Kentucky Lottery online and then joining the Fun Club, you’ll be given an iWallet that serves as your e-wallet to hold deposited funds and to receive payouts of any winnings.

You can fund your iWallet account via:

• Credit card
• Debit card
• Online bank transfer
• PayPal
• iFunds: iFunds allow you to fund your account by visiting a local lottery retailer. You can get started by logging in to your online account for instructions on receiving your Player Identification Card. Once you have your Player Identification Card, you can take it to a participating retailer to make a deposit in-person.
• iGifts: iGifts also allow in-person deposits, but do not require a Player Identification Card. Instead, visit the retailer and buy an iGift voucher for an amount of your choosing. Then, go back home and login to your account to redeem your iGift voucher.

Warning: Deposits May Not Be Withdrawn.

One of the most controversial aspects of Kentucky iLottery is a little-known rule buried deep in the website’s terms and conditions page which states that all deposits remain captive for all time: any money you deposit may not be withdrawn at any time.

This means any amount you deposit must be used to buy tickets or play games online. Winnings may be withdrawn at any time, but players are not allowed to withdraw their own deposits. This is, in our opinion, completely unnecessary and is borderline predatory behavior.

A Kentucky Lottery FAQ page claims this restriction is to ensure compliance with banking regulations, but we’re not convinced that prohibiting players from withdrawing their own money was the only possible way the KY Lottery could come up with to do so.

Whatever the reason may be, this is important to keep in mind if you decide to play the Kentucky Lottery online. Consider any money you deposit as already spent, because your original deposit will never be withdrawable. The only thing you can do with your money once it has been deposited is used to play games and hopefully win money that can be withdrawn.

How to Claim Kentucky Online Lottery Prizes

Prizes of $600 or less are deposited straight into your iWallet account and can be withdrawn as described above. iWallet accounts may have a maximum balance of $5,000. If you win a prize that puts you over that amount, the remainder will be mailed to you via check.

Players who win prizes worth $600 to $100,000 can claim their prizes by logging in to their online accounts and following the instructions to indicate whether they wish to have a check sent by mail or claim the prize in person at the Kentucky Lottery headquarters in Louisville.

Players who win $100,000 or more must claim their prizes in person at the Kentucky Lottery headquarters.

Kentucky Online Lottery FAQ

Expert Opinion: Is the Kentucky Online Lottery Legit?

The Kentucky Online Lottery is a safe and legitimate extension of the official Kentucky Lottery Corporation. The seven-member board of directors who run the Kentucky Lottery also oversee its online operations to ensure it is safe, fair, and compliant with all state laws.

As far as safety and security are concerned, there are no issues to report there. The Kentucky Online Lottery is backed by the state, so any winnings earned online are paid just the same as if those tickets had been purchased in person.