MA250 Low Number Plate Lottery Rules and Eligibility

The MA250 Plate lottery opens February 16, 2026 and ends April 17, 2026.

In celebration of 250 years of America’s independence and Massachusetts’ revolutionary legacy, the RMV, in partnership with the Mass Lottery, will hold a low plate lottery for its most popular specialty plate.

Low Plate Lottery - 250 Years of Independence

Who can apply?
Anyone with an active Massachusetts passenger registration. Employees of MassDOT and Mass Lottery, including their family members are ineligible to apply. See Official Lottery Rules and Eligibility Requirements below.

How to apply
Visit the RMV’s Online Service Center at Mass.Gov/myRMV.

Eligible Plates
Plate numbers 1-999 and 1776 as well as plate 1776, are included in the lottery.
 

Official Lottery Rules and Eligibility Requirements

• A person (known as “applicant”) who applies for the 250^th Low Number License Plate Lottery, must be a Massachusetts resident with a current active, Massachusetts registered, and insured passenger motor vehicle.
• As a condition of the application process, applicants consent to their name, zip code, and any other information that is required be released in accordance with the Massachusetts Public Records law.
• Only one entry per applicant will be accepted, regardless of the number of active passenger motor vehicle registrations the applicant has on file with the RMV.
• The following are ineligible to participate:
  • Companies and corporations.
  • Commercial vehicles and motorcycles.
  • Any employee of MassDOT, including but not limited to executive level employees, RMV, Highway, MBTA, Rail and Transit, Aeronautics, all shared services within MassDOT, and contract employees.
  • Any employee of Mass Lottery, including but not limited to executive level employees and contract employees.
  • Immediate family members of any MassDOT employees (as described above) and Mass Lottery. This includes parents, spouses, children, and siblings.
  • An applicant whose Massachusetts registration is not in an active status (i.e., in a non-renewal, suspended, or revoked status) at the time of entry, at the time of the lottery, or at the time of the plate swap.
  • An applicant with outstanding violations or obligations reported to the RMV.
• Requests for specific plate numbers will not be honored. Plates will be awarded using an electronic random number generator system.
• Submission deadline: Online entries will be accepted beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, February 16, 2026 and must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 17, 2026.
• Lottery results such as winner’s name, place of residence, and winning plate number will be available on the RMV website: Mass.Gov/RMV within 5 business days of the lottery event which will occur in the first week of May 2026 and no later than end of May 2026.
• All winners will be notified by mail with instructions on how to transfer their current registration to their new lottery plate. Winners will have until Friday, August 28, 2026 to pay for and swap their plates.
• Unclaimed plates by the deadline are considered forfeited by the initial winners, and those plates will be awarded to the pre-selected alternate winners after Friday, August 28, 2026.
• Plates will be registered only to the winning applicant specifically named on the application and cannot be transferred to anyone else.

All plates remain the property of the RMV, including after registration.