OHLQ Announces 2022 Winter Bottle Lottery Winners

Following last week’s update on the 2022 Autumn Bottle Lottery results, the Ohio Department of Liquor (OHLQ) has posted the results of the 2022 Winter Bottle Lottery Winners. This was the big Pappy and Buffalo Trace Lotter.  Again, I did not win…..

Following last week's update on the 2022 Autumn Bottle Lottery results, the Ohio Department of Liquor (OHLQ) has posted the results of the 2022 Winter Bottle Lottery Winners. This was the big Pappy and Buffalo Trace Lotter.  Again, I did not win... I know that's shocking for everyone... but here we are.

Winter Lottery - There were 1313 bottles available and a whopping 142,061 entries. This resulted in an overall chance of winning of 0.92% (or around 1 in 108). 

The breakdown of available bottles was:
  • Old Rip Van Winkle 10 - 235
  • Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 Year - 183
  • Pappy Van Winkle 15 - 87
  • Pappy Van Winkle 20 - 8
  • Pappy Van Winkle 23 - 5
  • Eagle Rare 17 - 109
  • Sazerac Rye 18 - 34
  • Thomas H. Handy - 318
  • William Larue Weller - 174
  • George T. Stagg - 160
This year saw over 30,000 more entries than last year and almost double the amount since I've started this site in 2018. 

2022 Entries - 142,061
2021 Entries - 111,845
2020 Entries - 98,923
2019 Entries - 65,389
2018 Entries - 73,443

Some of my favorite winners were:
  • Carmele H. 1758523
  • Anthony K. 1723709
  • Christen Y. 1700742
  • Kiersten N. 1833143
  • Kristen S. 1762796
  • Kristin G. 1817950
  • Dodstil D. 1731684
  • Jerry S. 1817407
  • Elaine P. 1716473
  • George K. 1733312
  • Ellizabeth H. 1743991
  • Mark R. 1735424 (not me 😞)
  • Markee O. 1793604
  • Pitt S. 1775878
  • Season E. 1831769
As always, Congrats to everyone who won.

OHLQ Announces 2021 Pappy and Buffalo Trace Antique Holiday Lottery Winners

The Ohio Department of Liquor has posted the results of the 2021 Pappy and Buffalo Trace Holiday Lottery Winners. As is always the case, there were zero Mark R.’s who won, keeping my lifetime losing streak intact. There were two Mark M’s so that’s some…

The Ohio Department of Liquor has posted the results of the 2021 Pappy and Buffalo Trace Holiday Lottery Winners. As is always the case, there were zero Mark R.'s who won, keeping my lifetime losing streak intact. There were two Mark M's so that's something. 

The State took their time in responding to a request (original request was made December 26th, 2021). 

For this lottery, the entrants could pick and choose which bottles they were interested in... the breakdown is as follows:

Pappy Van Winkle Holiday
Entries: 111,845
Bottles Available: 391
Odds of winning - 0.350% ~ 1 in 286 chance 

Some quick math...average life expectancy is 78 years (minus 21 when I'm not old enough to legally drink...) so 57 years of entering... Based on that... I only need 5 full lifetimes to hit those odds!

Buffalo Trace Antique Holiday
Entries: 110,183
Bottles Available: 271
Odds of winning - 0.246% ~ 1 in 406 chance

Some of my favorite winners....
  • Brandon L. 1273776
  • Brendan C. 1328763
  • Brenton W. 1295384
  • Deneese S. 1321779
  • Denise M. 1330735
  • Keristin S. 1301092
  • Kristen J. 1365253
  • Kristin B. 1381303
  • Lavern R. 1364758
  • Shirley B. 1381308

Congrats to all the winners. To see the entire list, click here

Last Day to Enter Pappy Van Winkle and Buffalo Trace Antique Collection Lottery

Today is the last day to enter the The Ohio Department of Liquor (OHLQ) lottery for the following:Pappy Van Winkle Collection (same prices as 2021)Old Rip Van Winkle 10, $69.99 plus taxVan Winkle Special Reserve 12 Year, $79.99 plus taxPappy Van Winkle…

Today is the last day to enter the The Ohio Department of Liquor (OHLQ) lottery for the following:

Pappy Van Winkle Collection (same prices as 2021)

  • Old Rip Van Winkle 10, $69.99 plus tax
  • Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 Year, $79.99 plus tax
  • Pappy Van Winkle 15, $119.99 plus tax
  • Pappy Van Winkle 20, $199.98 plus tax
  • Pappy Van Winkle 23, $299.99 plus tax

Buffalo Trace Antique Collection Products (same prices as 2021)

  • Eagle Rare 17, $99.99 plus tax
  • Sazerac Rye 18, $99.99 plus tax
  • Thomas H. Handy, $99.99 plus tax
  • William Larue Weller, $99.99 plus tax
  • George T. Stagg, $99.99 + tax

The lottery ends at 11:59 p.m. on December 13th. You can enter at the OHLQ lottery website. In order to enter, you'll need to provide the following:
  • Ohio Driver's License Number / Ohio Identification Card Number
  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Street Address
  • Date of Birth
  • Preferred OHLQ store location for purchasing the product if you win
Good luck everyone!