06/17/2025
2025 Low Number Plate Lottery Kicks-off!
The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) recently announced that applications for the 2025 Low Number Plate Lottery will be accepted beginning on Monday, June 16, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.
Applying for a Low Number Plate
o Applicants must apply by Friday, August 15, 2025, 5:00 p.m. and, if selected for a low number plate, the winner will be notified after the drawing takes place which will be no later than September 15, 2025.
o There is no fee to apply to the lottery. However, winning applicants are responsible for standard license plates and registration fees.
This year, there are 283 plates available through the low plate lottery including plate numbers:
• Numbers only – two digits (e.g. 42)
• Numbers only - three digits (e.g. 108)
• Numbers only - four digits (e.g. 1997)
• Two numbers and one letter (e.g. 12K)
• One letter and one number (e.g. X8)
• One letter and two numbers (e.g. A78)
Lottery Rules and Eligibility Requirements
• Only one entry per applicant will be accepted, regardless of the number of active registrations the applicant has.
• An applicant must be a Massachusetts resident with a Massachusetts driver’s license or ID card in good standing and a currently active, registered, and insured passenger vehicle.
• Companies/corporations may not apply.
• MassDOT (Registry of Motor Vehicles, Highway, Mass Transit, and Aeronautics) employees, including contract employees, and their immediate family members are not eligible. “Immediate family member” refers to one’s parents, spouse, children, and brothers and sisters. Individuals involved in the management of MassDOT divisions are also ineligible.
• Requests for specific plate numbers will not be honored. Eligible applicants will be considered for all plates listed. Plates will be awarded in the order in which they are listed on Mass.Gov/lowplatelottery.
• An applicant’s registration, Massachusetts driver’s license, or ID card cannot be in a non-renewal, suspended, or revoked status at the time of entry, the time of the drawing, or the time of the plate swap. As such, an applicant must not have any outstanding excise taxes, parking tickets, child support, warrants, or unpaid E-Z Pass/Pay by Plate violations.
• Online entries must be completed by August 15, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.
• By law, lottery winners must be announced by September 15, 2025. Lottery results will be available on the RMV website: Mass.Gov/lowplatelottery.
• All winners will be notified by the RMV in writing with instructions on how to transfer their current registration to their new lottery plate. Winners will have until December 31, 2025 to swap their plates. Plates will be registered to the winning applicant only. Unclaimed plates will be forfeited after December 31, 2025 and awarded to the alternate winners.
• All plates remain the property of the RMV even after registration.
• All information received, including names of all applicants and the list of winners, is subject to release in accordance with the Massachusetts Public Records law.
Note
• A link to the lottery event will be made available leading up to the lottery. In addition, lottery applicants will be sent a notification via email.
• The lottery results will be posted on the RMV’s website.
