Mass Lottery Hosting Holiday Toy Drive at Claim Centers Across State

DORCHESTER, Mass. (November 10, 2025) – The Massachusetts State Lottery is asking that its customers consider participating alongside them in its tenth annual Holiday Toy Drive. It benefits the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program and other local efforts, while raising awareness that lottery tickets are not suitable gifts for those under the age of 18.

Now through Wednesday, December 10, new unwrapped toys can be dropped off at the Lottery’s Dorchester headquarters and at its prize claim centers in Braintree, Lawrence, New Bedford, West Springfield and Worcester. The hours are Monday through Friday, 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (excluding holidays).

“In a year of even greater need, their kind and generous donations will reach kids across the state and bring them joy this holiday season.”

"We are so grateful for our wonderful customers and employees’ generosity in supporting the Lottery’s Annual Toy Drive," said State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg, Chair of the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission. “In a year of even greater need, their kind and generous donations will reach kids across the state and bring them joy this holiday season.”

Coinciding with the toy drive, in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Office of Problem Gambling Services (OPGS), the Lottery is conducting a holiday awareness campaign to emphasize that Lottery tickets are not for children and young teens.

“We thank our players and employees for supporting those in need this and every holiday season,” said Mark William Bracken, Executive Director of the Mass Lottery. “The holidays are also an important time to remind our customers that Lottery tickets are not appropriate gifts for anyone under the age of 18.”

Toys will be donated to holiday campaigns in the respective regions, including Toys for Tots and the New Bedford Firefighters’ Union Toy Drive.

The toy drive is part of the Mass Lottery’s participation in an annual holiday season campaign presented by the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) and supported by the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL). The mission of the campaign is to discourage the giving of lottery tickets as gifts to children.

To learn more about the risks of youth and gambling, visit mass.gov/youthgambling.