How to Claim Oregon (OR)
Lottery Prizes

$600 or less: Any lottery retailer, any prize payment center, drop box or by mail. Over $600 to $49,999: Any prize payment center, Salem Prize Payment Center, drop box or by mail. $50,000 or more: Any prize payment center or Salem Prize Payment Center by appointment.

Not at a store: Oregon Lottery retailers pay prizes up to $600. Over $600 to $49,999: Any prize payment center, Salem Prize Payment Center, drop box or by mail.

Salem Prize Payment Center, 500 Airport Road SE, Salem; Wilsonville Prize Payment Center, 9760 SW Wilsonville Road, Suite 130, Wilsonville.

Any Oregon Lottery retailer cashes prizes up to $600 whenever it's open. The Oregon Lottery prize payment centers are open Mon–Fri, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM, except the Wilsonville Prize Payment Center, Mon–Fri, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM.

Sign your ticket and keep it safe, then claim it within one year of the drawing. $600 or less: Any lottery retailer, any prize payment center, drop box or by mail. Over $600 to $49,999: Any prize payment center, Salem Prize Payment Center, drop box or by mail. $50,000 or more: Any prize payment center or Salem Prize Payment Center by appointment. Over $600, bring your signed ticket, ID and a completed claim form.

One year after the drawing. A jackpot's cash option must be chosen within 60 days of claiming the prize.

Yes. A winning ticket must be claimed within one year of the drawing, or the prize can no longer be paid.

At a store, a prize up to $600 needs just the signed ticket. Over $600: The original winning ticket, signed on the back; A completed and signed Prize Claim Form, with your Social Security or taxpayer ID number; One government-issued photo ID, such as a driver's license, state ID or passport, or two other documents with your name and date of birth. Send photocopies if you claim by mail or drop box; For a jackpot paid over 30 years, a beneficiary designation form, filled out when you claim; For a prize shared by several people, the Lottery's Request to Divide and Release form, signed by each of them.

For prizes of $50,000 or more, yes: claims at the Salem Prize Payment Center are by appointment. Otherwise, Wilsonville Prize Payment Center and Salem Prize Payment Center recommend booking one.

Yes, prizes up to $49,999. Mail the signed ticket, with any copies the Oregon Lottery asks for, to Oregon Lottery, PO Box 14515, Salem, OR 97309. Prizes over $600 also need a completed claim form.

Retailers pay prizes up to $600 on the spot. The prize payment centers usually pay a claim the same day, in 30 minutes to an hour. Mailed and drop box claims are paid by check, typically within 14 days. A Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot can take up to two weeks to reach the winner's account.

Yes.

No. Claim in person, in a drop box or by mail.

800-766-6789 for customer service.

The Salem Prize Payment Center is at 500 Airport Road SE, Salem, OR 97301, open Mon–Fri, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM. Call 800-766-6789.

Oregon taxes lottery winnings at up to 9.9%, and federal income tax applies too. 8% state tax is withheld from prizes of $1,500 or more, plus 24% federal tax from prizes over $5,000.