The New Hampshire Lottery occasionally runs Second Chance drawings where you can enter non-winning tickets to put yourself in contention for great prizes.
It's easy to enter 2nd Chance draws with your NH scratch tickets. The first step is simply to hold on to any losing tickets that you have. The details of upcoming promotions are available online, so you can see which games are eligible.
To submit a ticket, you'll need to create an account. This just requires you to provide a few details and verify. You can then enter online or through the app.
Provide the serial number of your game ticket or scan the barcode. In some cases, you may then get an opportunity to play a promotional game to reveal how many entries you have for the next draw, or you can just skip this part to see the number of entries that have been awarded.
There is sometimes a limit to how many tickets you can submit a day, such as 25, but otherwise you can build up as many entries as you want before the deadline. The more you have, the better your chances of winning.
Second Chance draws usually take place a few days after the entry deadline. It is an online drawing, where a pre-determined number of winners are selected at random.
It is not just cash that you can win in Second Chance drawings. Sometimes, the prize is an experience instead. For example, the ‘$5 Go Pats’ promotion awarded two New England Patriots season tickets, 15 pairs of Super Suite tickets to a Patriots game and 35 pairs of Upper Bowl tickets.
Another promotion, for 'The Price is Right' game, offered a round trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, including airfare, luxury accommodation and spending money. Winners also got to participate in a series of challenges for the chance to win up to $50 million.