Broadway Ticket Lottery Schedule

Broadway Ticket Lottery Schedule

Broadway show tickets are sold as part of the Broadway Ticket Lottery. The daily schedule below provides the dates and times of the Broadway ticket lottery offers.

Lottery Schedule

Broadway Ticket Lottery Notes:

  • Tickets that are won by the online lottery must be paid by credit card only
  • In-person ticket lotteries are cash only
  • Broadway ticket lotteries are not oversold, so if you choose to buy them, they are yours.
  • If you fail to buy the Broadway tickets won by lottery, they will be offered to the next person in line - or sold at the box office
  • The tickets may be located anywhere in the theatre, but are generally good seating and a bargain to boot

Also see the Broadway RUSH Tickets Schedule

The in-person Broadway lottery is used by less shows every year, but a few shows still offer this service. The times listed on the schedule are the exact times that the in-person ticket lottery drawings are drawn. The box office begins taking names for the lottery 30 minutes prior to the drawing time, but technically you don't need to arrive more than a few minutes before the drawing takes place. A greater chance of success can be garnered by coming when fewer people are there to enter — lotteries tend to be a bit quieter on midweek days, in winter, or in bad weather.
The online Broadway lottery has been adopted by most shows due to its low-cost of operation. The times on the schedule are the exact times that the online ticket lottery drawings start. Winners will be notified via email shortly after the lottery ends, with a 60-minute window to claim and pay for their tickets with a credit card. A person can request a maximum of one or two tickets.
The mobile Broadway show ticket lottery has been adopted to try to get more millennials to go to Broadway shows. The service can only be used by mobile phone users that must install a lottery app on their phone to get access. Winning the lottery doesn't mean free Broadway tickets, but you do get to buy them at a heavily discounted rate, usually around $25.