Second Chance

Your Mega Millions Ticket Could Win You Even MORE! 

From September 1 – October 31, 2025, playing Mega Millions with the DC Lottery could make you a DOUBLE winner!

Spend $5 or more on a single Mega Millions ticket at any DC Lottery retailer and you’ll receive a special 2nd Chance Prize Code printed right on your ticket.

Enter your code on the DC Lottery Second Chance website and you’ll be in the running for up to $25,000 in CASH!

Here’s how many entries you receive:

 $5 ticket = 1 entry

$10 ticket = 3 entries

$20+ ticket = 7 entries

At the end of the promotion, 21 lucky winners will score BIG:

• One (1) Grand Prize – $25,000
• Five (5) Winners – $5,000 each
• Fifteen (15) Winners – $1,000 each

Purchase, Play, and enter your code for a second chance to win BIG!

During the contest period (August 6th, 2025, through February 8th, 2026) every NON-WINNING $5 Washington Commanders scratcher is eligible for entry into the 2nd Chance Contest. Scratch the bottom of your ticket to reveal the second chance prize code and enter for a second chance to win the once in a lifetime experiential prize such as a Game Day VIP Experience along with cash, team merchandise, or 2026 Washington Commanders season tickets!

With a top prize of $2,000,000 and a Second Chance worth $500,000, DC Lottery's first-ever $50 scratcher is literally larger than life! It's our biggest scratcher ever, too, with over $18,000,000 in total prizes and a chance to multiply up to 500 times. There are so many ways to win—get your Extreme Fortune 500X scratcher from your local DC Lottery retailer...now!