Sizzler (Hot Lotto)

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For the restaurant chain, go to Sizzler.

The Sizzler is an add-on feature that became part of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) game Hot Lotto on January 3, 2008.

Hot Lotto normally is $1 per game. However, activating the Sizzler doubles the cost of each game where the option is selected. Any non-jackpot prize won where the Sizzler is activated is tripled, similar to the PowerPlay option in Powerball, where the multiplier varies. The largest prize that is available with the Sizzler option is $30,000 cash, by matching all five regular numbers, but not also the "Hot Ball". (Matching all six numbers wins the jackpot; such tickets where the Sizzler is activated are not affected.)

Hot Lotto is played in 13 jurisdictions: Delaware, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and West Virginia.

In North Dakota, it is known as Triple Sizzler.[1]

Unlike PowerPlay (available in all 31 jurisdictions where Powerball is played), the Sizzler, as of May 19, 2008, is not available in Idaho.

After the Hot Lotto option began, the Sizzler restaurant chain announced plans to take MUSL to court over MUSL's use of the word "Sizzler" in the lottery game.[2] Idaho, where some Sizzler restaurants are located, is waiting until after the issue is settled before offering the tripler option (Montana and New Mexico are the other Hot Lotto states with Sizzler restaurants.)