 MUSL retained the rights to the "Lotto America" name; a new version of the game was launched on November 12, 2017 with the first drawing held November 15.The new Lotto America replaced the scandal-tarred Hot Lotto game.The original version of Lotto America (stylized as "Lotto☆America") was a $1-per-play, pick-7-of-40 game, rather than the pick-6 games that had become wildly popular in U.S. lotteries.