Puerto Rico Lottery Results

About the Puerto Rico Lottery

The Puerto Rico Lottery doesn't always get the recognition that it deserves. The Loteria de Puerto Rico is actually the oldest modern US lottery, but because it isn't on the mainland it's often forgotten about. Many credit New Hampshire with the first modern US lottery but the Puerto Rico Lottery was actually around in 1934, 30 years before New Hampshire's lottery.

In that time, the different PR Lottery games on offer have changed considerably and there are now seven different lotto games available to Puerto Rico lottery players. The most popular of these is Loto Plus which regularly hands out multi-million dollar jackpots. Also available in Puerto Rico is the Loteria Tradicional, Pega 2, Pega 3, Pega 4, Doble Revancha and Powerball.

Two of these games, Doble Revancha and Loto Plus, are actually linked together. In order to play Doble Revancha, you have to have play Lotto. So, if you don't win with the PR Lotto then you may do with Doble Revancha, which fittingly means 'revenge'.

In 2011, the Puerto Rico lottery was enlisted to help the state raise more taxes after small businesses were dodging sales tax on cash sales. In order to stop this, the Puerto Rico lottery printed lottery numbers on the back of receipts in order to encourage consumers to demand receipts. Lottery prizes available to Puerto Rico receipt holders include cash jackpots of up to $1,000 as well as a car which is given away following monthly drawings.

In Fall 2014, Puerto Rico became the 45th lottery to sell Powerball tickets. Events were held in 90 retail outlets, to promote the game to residents on the Isle of Enchantment.