Rush / Lotto - Ticket Allocations

[macbeth]

Posted: 3/31/25 at 1:52pm

How many tickets go to rush/lotto for shows? I remember in the days of RENT is was the first 2 rows, and other shows have had like 10/20/40... Do shows fill more seats if they have them? 

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 3/31/25 at 3:38pm

Every show does it differently, like Hamilton allocates the first two rows for lottery, some shows will do box seats or extreme sides for rush, some shows will have some seats in the house that happen to be left, etc.

[Jonathan Cohen]

Posted: 3/31/25 at 3:55pm

In some cases, I suspect show are changing the lottery allocation when stars are out. For example I found it much easier to win the lottery to shows like Funny Girl, Sweeney Todd, and Cabaret on days the big star was out.  

While it does vary from show to show, I've usually found it easier to win lotteries/get digital rush tickets through shows on Telecharge than TodayTix. I've long wondered if TodayTix is more likely to have a fixed small amount of lottery/rush tickets to popular shows, as opposed to it fluctuating on based on day to day sales.