Mido Fantasy Brings Lottery-Style Thrills to Sports Fans

When jackpots cool off, lottery couriers need something extra to keep players hooked. That’s exactly why Mido Lotto (the company behind Lottery Now) teamed up with Colossus Fantasy to launch Mido Fantasy — a fresh pick’em-style, peer-to-peer fantasy game.

Think of lottery couriers as “Uber Eats for tickets.” Customers order through an app, and couriers grab the lottery tickets on their behalf. It’s a booming idea, but the business rises and falls with jackpots. As Lottery Now’s Head of Operations Erik Swett puts it: when Powerball sits at “only” eight figures, you need another way to keep fans engaged.

What makes Mido Fantasy different?

• Live in 7 states: California, Florida, Illinois, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin.

• Two contest styles:

  • Over/Under Pools (10–12 legs) — pick if a player goes above or below a set stat.

  • Margin Pools (5–7 legs) — choose the correct range, like guessing Matthew Stafford’s passing yards in bands.

• Affordable entries: buy in for less and still play for smaller prizes.

The headline draw is the weekly $1 Million Margin Pick 7 contest. Just $5 gets you in, and going 7-for-7 splits the top prize. Even near-misses usually earn consolation payouts, making it feel a little friendlier than pure lottery luck.

And here’s the twist: players can get “cash out” offers mid-game to lock in smaller wins before the final results — a feature you don’t see in standard lottery play.

Real money, real variety

• In Week 1 of the NFL season, Mido Fantasy paid out across 10 football pools totaling over $1.1 million, plus MLB contests with another $128,000 guaranteed.

• Week 2 delivered similar numbers, and contests now also cover the NBA.

• Soccer fans, get ready — Premier League and Champions League pools are on deck ahead of the next World Cup.

Why it matters

DraftKings already jumped into the lottery courier space last year with a $750M acquisition of Jackpocket, so the overlap between lotteries and fantasy isn’t brand new. But Mido is carving its own lane by blending lottery-style accessibility with sports-driven excitement.

So while Mega Millions sits at $400M (and could climb much higher soon), players now have another way to chase a life-changing win. Sure, it’s not a billion-dollar jackpot — but sweating out Sunday football for a shot at $1 million isn’t a bad weekend plan.