Buffalo Trace, Pappy Whiskeys Are up for Grabs in Pennsylvania Lottery

This latest lottery is swapping a big cash prize for some big whiskey.

Pennsylvania is now holding three different lotteries that will offer up unicorn bottles of Pappy Van Winkle, Buffalo Trace, and E.H. Taylor, the state’s Liquor Control Board (LCB) announced yesterday. Before you race to enter, though, there is a slight catch: You must be a resident of the Keystone State to participate (or, perhaps, have a good pal living there who can enter for you).

Entering the drawing will give you the chance to purchase an individual bottle of one of these bottles at a much, much lower price tag than their market value. The Buffalo Trace lottery, for example, will offer up 324 rarities from the Antique Collection that are priced at $150. That includes Sazerac Straight Rye Whiskey 18 Year Old (priced well over $1,500 at retailers); George T. Stagg Straight Bourbon Barrel Proof (which hovers around the $800 mark normally), and William Larue Weller Straight Bourbon Barrel Proof (with a price tag over $1,000, too). Other bottles up for grabs include Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Straight Rye Whiskey Barrel Proof and Eagle Rare Straight Bourbon 17 Year Old.

There are many more Pappy Van Winkles to go around. The LCB will put 1,062 bottles from the famed brand on the lottery circuit, with winners having to pay anywhere from $130 to $320 to collect their prize. The star of the show, though, is Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve Straight Bourbon 23 Year Old, which you can snag for $450; the bottle is now going for close to $4,000 at retailers. You can also get a Family Reserve Straight Bourbon 20 Year Old, an Old Rip Van Winkle Handmade Straight Bourbon 10 Year Old, a Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve Straight Bourbon 15 Year Old, or a Van Winkle Special Reserve Straight Bourbon 12 Year Old.

As for the E.H. drawing, participants will be able to enter for the brand’s Straight Bourbon Limited Edition Bottled in Bond, priced at a cool $150.

Pennsylvania residents (those 21 and older, of course) have until this Friday, January 16, to enter on the lottery’s home page. The Liquor Control Board permits only one entry per household, too. You can choose to opt into all the drawings, though, which does slightly increase your chances of enjoying a nice, rare bottle from some of Kentucky’s finest.