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$3 Tickets

The Maine State Lottery's $3 ticket offer a great way to have fun. Remember, Please Play Responsibly.

How to Win!

Each Instant game has instructions on how to play right on the ticket. If you have any questions, remember that any of the clerks at our agents will be happy to help you or contact the Lottery Office at (800) 452-8777

Gifts

Maximum Award: $75,000

Match any of YOUR NUMBERS to any of the WINNING NUMBER, win prize shown. Get a "BELL" symbol, win that prize automatically. Get a "SNOWFLAKE" symbol, win a ALL 12 PRIZES AUTOMATICALLY.

OVERALL ODDS OF WINNING 1:4.09

Cash Vault

Maximum Award: $50,000

Scratch your COMBINATION NUMBERS to reveal 21 numbers. Scratch the blue circle around the corresponding numbers on the 6 VAULTS. Match 3 numbers to the COMBINATION NUMBERS within a single VAULT, win PRIZE shown under that VAULT. Match 4 numbers to the COMBINATION NUMBERS with a single VAULT, win DOUBLE the PRIZE shown under that VAULT. Match 5 numbers to the COMBINATION NUMBERS within a single VAULT, win TRIPLE the PRIZE shown under that VAULT.

OVERALL ODDS OF WINNING 1:4.17

Battleship

Maximum Award: $60,000

Scratch YOUR TORPEDOES above to reveal where your shot landed. Mark where your shot landed on the grid above. Hit all sections of any ship to win prize shown above in the legend. Hit a "MINE" symbol and win $20 automatically.

OVERALL ODDS OF WINNING 1:3.77

RED LINE CROSSWORD

Maximum Award: $50,000

TO PLAY:

  1. There are three smaller letters beside your 18 letters that appear under the latex on the ticket. These three small letters are not letters to be used in playing the game.

  2. Gently rub, mark or circle the same letter each time it is found on the CROSSWORD puzzle. For example, if the letter E is revealed in your letters, rub all E's in the CROSSWORD puzzle.

TO WIN

  1. The words to be completed are shown on the CROSSWORD puzzle.

  2. If the revealed 18 letters form 3 or more completed words on the CROSSWORD puzzle, you win the corresponding prize shown in the prize legend. If any of these completed words has a red line through the entire word, win double that prize.

  3. You must match all the letters of a word on the CROSSWORD puzzle to have a complete word. Every single letter in a word on the CROSSWORD puzzle must be revealed YOUR LETTERS.

  4. A complete word must contain every single letter of a horizontal or vertical word on the CROSSWORD puzzle.

  5. Each complete word on the CROSSWORD puzzle

    a) consists of a string of 3 or more unbroken letters.

    b) occupies an entire word space.

    c) is not interrupted by a blank black space.

    d) is not formed by linking letters diagonally.

    e) is not formed by reading letters from the bottom to the top.

  6. The complete words in the CROSSWORD puzzle are defined by the Maine State Lottery and are the only words that can be used to win a prize in the CROSSWORD game.

OVERALL ODDS OF WINNING 1:4.17

SOLID GOLD CROSSWORD

Maximum Award: $50,000

Get a gold bar symbol in the BONUS AREA, win $20 automatically. Get 5 gold bar symbols in the BONUS AREA, win $500 automatically!

TO PLAY:

  1. There are three smaller letters beside your 18 letters that appear under the latex on the ticket. These three smaller letters are not letters to be used in playing the game.

  2. Gently rub, mark or circle the same letter each time it is found on the CROSSWORD puzzle. For example, if the letter E is revealed in yuor boxed letters, rub all E's in the CROSSWORD puzzle.

OVERALL ODDS OF WINNING: 1:4.20

$40,000 TREASURE HUNT

Maximum Award: $40,000

Scratch the YOUR COORDINATES box to reveal 24 TREASURE MAP locations (letter/number combinations). For each of YOUR COORDINATES, find the corresponding location of the TREASURE MAP and scratch only that square. (For example, a YOUR COORDINATE of A1 is the top left-most corner square in the TREASURE MAP; H7 is the lower right-most corner square in the TREASURE MAP). If you completely uncover a symbol in the TREASURE MAP by using the YOUR COORDINATES letter/number combinations, win corresponding prize in the PRIZE LEGEND for that same symbol.

To win a prize, ONLY the YOUR COORDINATES can be used to uncover a complete symbol on the TREASURE MAP. An entire winning symbol must be uncovered (using the YOUR COORDINATES letter/number combinations) to win the corresponding prize.

OVERALL ODDS OF WINNING 1:4.13

3-D TIC-TAC-TOE

Maximum Award: $30,000

Scratch all of the "X's" and "O's" in each of the three games. In any game, find 3 like play symbols in a complete row or column and win the prize shown in the marker pointing to that win. Each game is played separately.

OVERALL ODDS OF WINNING 1:4.10