It’s beginning to look a lot(tery) like Christmas! This season I’m excited to partner with the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery and share some fun ways to give scratch-off tickets as gifts for the holidays! Lottery tickets are something I always love to receive, and giving them feels just as good. They add a whole other level of excitement to gift-giving because you never know what the ticket holds. If you are like me, you’re always scrambling to find a few last-minute gifts, so this year I’m sharing a few ways to give lottery tickets as gifts to some of your favorite folks.

Dirty Santa
This is my all-time favorite ways to give lottery tickets. The trick is to add hidden lottery tickets to a gag-gift that will undoubtably be passed on to the next person. Just be sure not to let the secret out until the game is done and then the unluckiest person might just be the luckiest of all!

Gift Tags
This is a super easy way to add a little extra fun to any gift. And look how handy-dandy The Perfect Gift tickets are – they already have spaces to write the names!

Surprise Joy
I’ve always appreciated and admired random acts of kindness, but often struggle with coming up with exactly what to do. But for this idea, just punch holes in the corner of the lottery tickets, use a pipe-cleaner or string to make a hoop, and then keep a few stashed in your purse. As you make your way around to various Christmas parties and your friends’ homes this December, sneak a couple up on their tree. Maybe they’ll find them before Christmas is over, or maybe it won’t be until its time to take down the decorations. Either way, this is a simple way to spread a little holiday cheer to those least expecting it.

Stocking Stuffers
Some people are impossible to shop for (ahem…. TODD). So this year I threw a few lottery tickets into his stocking and already feel better about things. I may have even tossed a few into my own stocking.

What makes giving lottery tickets even better? Knowing that they keep giving long after they are scratched. Net proceeds from the Office of the Arkansas Lottery are used to provide scholarships and grants to Arkansas residents enrolled in public and private nonprofit two-year and four-year colleges and universities within the state. Learn more here and then spread a little instant joy of your own.

This is a sponsored post, but all opinions are my own.