Lottery Ticket
The Lottery Ticket is a 25-credit ticket for the Lower Levels Lottery. Each one carries six different numbers from 1 to 49. A winning number is drawn once a week, and every ticket you own for that edition is checked. Two matching numbers pay 35 credits, six pay 1,000,000. On average a ticket returns about 14 credits, less than it costs.
| Item ID | lottery_ticket |
| Value | 25 credits |
| Category | Lottery |
| Numbers per ticket | 6, from 01 to 49, shown as “01 12 15 31 36 49” |
| Draw | Weekly, announced Saturday morning |
| Description | “The winning numbers are revealed each Saturday morning.” |
| Flavor text | “A jackpot ticket could buy you a lifetime in the Upper Levels’ safety and comfort.” |
| Names | Лотерейный билет (ru), Lotterielos (de), Cupón de lotería (es), Ticket de loto (fr), 宝くじの券 (ja), Los na loterię (pl), 彩票 (zh) |
This is not the Scratcher Ticket, which is a separate scratch-off item. See Scratcher Ticket.
When does the lottery unlock?
After day 14, or from the very start with the Gambling Addiction perk, which also makes you buy tickets whenever possible. See perks.
How do I buy tickets?
A Lottery Representative visits once a week. On the first visit he explains the lottery, hands you the “Lower Levels Lottery Information” note and puts 10 Lottery Tickets and 5 Scratcher Tickets on the table. Later visits offer the same stock of 10 tickets and 5 scratchers. Each ticket is generated for the current edition (the tooltip shows “Edition #…”, starting at 1405) with a number not already used in that edition.
How does the draw work?
Once a week, overnight, the game draws six numbers. Every Lottery Ticket you own from the current edition is compared with them and the edition counter moves on. The “Lottery Draw” event then shows the winning number. A ticket from an earlier edition is not checked again.
| Matches | Prize (credits) | Chance per ticket (calculated) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 35 | 13.2% (about 1 in 7.6) |
| 3 | 300 | 1.77% (about 1 in 57) |
| 4 | 2,500 | 0.097% (about 1 in 1,032) |
| 5 | 100,000 | about 1 in 54,200 |
| 6 | 1,000,000 | about 1 in 13,983,816 |
The chances are the standard 6-of-49 odds, calculated from how the game generates numbers; the prizes are from the game code. Adding them up, a ticket returns roughly 14.3 credits on average for a price of 25, and about 15% of tickets win anything. The in-game event text says “at least 3 matching digits” wins, but the code pays 35 credits for 2 matches.
Tickets with no prize turn into an Old Lottery Ticket, worth 1 credit. A winning ticket keeps its prize as its value.
How does luck change the draw?
Your total luck at draw time, or the luck stamped on a ticket when it was made (whichever is highest), gives extra draws. Luck of 100 means one extra draw, and the remainder is a percent chance of one more. Out of all draws the game keeps the number that pays you the most, or the least if luck is negative. The night log then says luck “was on your side” or “weighed on the lottery draw”. Liquid Luck adds +75; see Liquid Luck.
How do I collect a prize?
Double-click a winning ticket to redeem it, or sell it to the Lottery Representative. The money goes straight to your cash with the message “Redeemed for N Credits!”
FAQ
Is the lottery worth playing? Not for profit: the average return is about 14 credits per 25 spent. Luck can tilt it.
Do old tickets still win? No. Only tickets of the current edition are checked at the draw.
Is the ticket contraband? No.