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Massachusetts RMV's Low Plate Lottery Ends Soon

Massachusetts residents have until Friday, August 27 to enter to win a low-digit license plate.

The deadline to enter the lottery of 200 plates is Friday, August 27.
The deadline to enter the lottery of 200 plates is Friday, August 27. (Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles)

BOSTON — Massachusetts drivers have until Friday, August 27 to enter the Registry of Motor Vehicles' Low Plate Lottery.

200 plates are up for grabs at the myRMV Online Service Center.

Low-digit devotees say the plates are a status symbol. Massachusetts first manufactured the license plates in 1903, starting with number one, and soon other states followed.

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Owners with low-plate numbers today have inherited them from politicians or devotees say they came from an important family who had one years ago.

You can enter the contest to win one of 200 plates here.

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