The Winners of the Mass. RMV’s 2022 Low Plate Lottery

The live drawing of the winning names was held on Tuesday, September 13th

The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles has published the official list of winners of the 2022 Low Number Plate Lottery.

In a break with an earlier pre-pandemic tradition, this year’s winners were announced during a livestreamed drawing at the State Transportation Building on Tuesday, September 13th. Previously, the winning names had been announced during a live broadcast of the “NightSide with Dan Rea” radio show on WBZ NewsRadio 1030.

According to the RMV, this was a record-setting year with approximately 21,663 applications for one of the 196 low number plates available this year.

Why people like to have a low number plate….

The Registry of Motor Vehicles is the oldest motor vehicle administrative agency in the United States, issuing its first license plate in 1903. Many of the ten single digit plates are still in the hands of the families to which they were originally issued, being passed down from generation to generation.

For those who are now the new proud owners of a low number license plate, this year’s winners have until December 31, 2022, to claim their plate. If a plate is not claimed by this date, it is automatically forfeited and offered to one of the 25 alternate winners who also were chosen during this year’s drawing.

All low number plates also must be renewed every two years and pay a special reserve plate fee in addition to the regular base registration fee is required for all low number plates.

In addition to publishing this year’s winners on-line, the Registry also will notify all 2022 winners by mail along with instructions on how to register their new low number plate.

And the winners are…

As Agency Checklists has done for over a decade, the following is a complete list of this year’s Low Plate Lottery winners along with the list of the 25 alternates winners courtesy of the MassDOT RMV.

Congratulations to all!

Low Plate Lottery Winners 2022

Alternate Winners