The short answer is that scratch-off lottery tickets do not have expiration dates. Once a scratch-off ticket is printed and distributed for sale, it remains valid for redemption until all of the top prizes have been claimed. So as long as you have an unscratched ticket, even a very old one, it should still be redeemable if you have a winning combination.Scratch-offs remain valid until all top prizes are claimedWhen state lotteries launch a new scratch-off game, they print a fixed number of tickets with a predetermined number of top prizes available to be won. The tickets continue circulating and being played until all of those top prizes have been claimed by lucky winners. Even once all the top prizes are gone, there will still be lower tier prizes available. The lottery will announce when a scratch-off game is closed because all top prizes have been claimed.So scratch-off tickets are not given expiration dates like food items or other consumer products. The validity period is variable...
