Legal online lottery states
Seventeen jurisdictions are live iLottery in our matrix. Twenty are retail-only — stores, not an official internet sale. Match the lottery’s own hostname.
Answer first
90s| Status | Count | Read it as |
|---|---|---|
| live | 17 | State internet lottery product |
| retail-only | 20 | Draw games in stores — not official online sale |
| legal-not-live | 2 | Paper path; not launched in our file |
| not-legal | 12 | No lottery internet product |
Live iLottery postals (Oct 13, 2026)
| Postal | Postal | Postal | Postal |
|---|---|---|---|
| CT | DC | DE | GA |
| IL | KS | KY | MA |
| MI | NC | ND | NH |
| PA | RI | TN | VA |
| WV | — | — | — |
Seventeen live. Catalogue: /en/online/{state}/lottery/. Pennsylvania example: palottery.pa.gov.
Progress
Own app vs courier vs store
- 1
live iLottery
Lottery’s own site/app, geofenced
- 2
Courier
Separate registration — not this count
- 3
retail-only
Window at a retailer
- 4
Random .com
Not a state lottery
See Lottery courier vs iLottery and Is buying lottery tickets online legal?
Floor rules
Counts
Know before you sit
- 17 live
- State internet lottery product in the matrix.
- 20 retail-only
- Stores, not official internet sale.
After the 90 seconds
Questions before and after you play
A 90-second guide cannot cover every table moment. Tap a group, then a question — answers are short paragraphs, not one-liners.
01List
What states let you buy lottery tickets online?
Seventeen live iLottery cells in our file (Oct 13, 2026), including Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, and Virginia. Twenty more states sell tickets at retail only. You must be in that state on the lottery’s own channel.
Is New Jersey live iLottery?
New Jersey is legal-not-live in this file. Do not upgrade a courier ad to a live iLottery cell.
02Advice
Is this page legal advice?
No. It restates lottery-format counts. For a purchase, use the state lottery’s page or ask counsel.
Sources
- Pennsylvania Lottery · accessed Oct 13, 2026Example live iLottery hostname.