Pokémon TCG New Lottery System At Target Is Live Now

Published Nov 2, 2026, 12:09 PM EST Bruno Yonezawa is a Gaming Senior Writer for Screen Rant. He's been practicing professional journalism for over 10 years, and is also a communications specialist. He's played games all his life and turned that passionate hobby into a passionate career, in an industry where he's worked as a writer, editor, analyst, and more. Sign in to your ScreenRant account This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available.Pokémon Trading Card Game has just implemented a new lottery system that has gone live across Target storefronts, and it will become a bit more complex to acquire products like booster packs moving forward. Across the globe, The Pokémon Company, in collaboration with stores, has been issuing measures against Pokémon TCG scalpers. There is, for example, a limit to how much of a certain product you can purchase, depending at the store you visit, and even at Pokémon Centers, you may have to participate in a lottery system to see if you can purchase a select number of booster packs. This type of lottery system has been applied to a few stores in Western markets; however, it is officially being expanded even further. According to a new report by Polygon, Target stores have effectively started using a lottery system for the sale of Pokémon TCG products. There had long been rumors that such a measure would be put into effect, but it is now officially live on Target’s website. This lottery system is a means of tackling the scalper issue, even if it does not fully impede scalpers from making purchases at all. Franchise Pokemon Original Release Date October 20, 1996 Player Count 2 Publishing Co The Pokémon Company