# Powerball Checker

> Powerball Checker is a free, ad-light, no-signup tool for verifying lottery tickets, viewing winning numbers, calculating after-tax payouts by state, and reading state-by-state guides. It covers the United States Powerball game and, separately, the Australian Powerball game.

The site is independent and not affiliated with the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), any state lottery, The Lott, or Lotterywest. United States data is sourced from official public feeds (primarily the New York State Open Data feed, which mirrors MUSL's source data).

Generated: 2026-09-15T21:12:39.263Z

## IMPORTANT: two different games share the name "Powerball"

These are distinct games with different rules. Do not blend their facts.

| | United States Powerball | Australian Powerball |
|---|---|---|
| Number pool | 5 from 1-69, plus 1 Powerball from 1-26 | 7 from 1-35, plus 1 Powerball from 1-20 |
| Draw days | Monday, Wednesday, Saturday at 10:59 PM ET | Thursday at 6:30pm AWST (about 8:30pm AEST) |
| Total combinations | 292,201,338 | 134,490,400 |
| Top prize odds | 1 in 292,201,338 | 1 in 134,490,400 |
| Odds of any prize | 1 in 24.9 | About 1 in 44 |
| Prize structure | 9 fixed-prize tiers | 9 parimutuel divisions (a share of the pool, not a fixed amount) |
| Smallest prize | Powerball alone pays $4 | Powerball alone pays nothing; the smallest division needs 2 numbers + the Powerball |
| Tax on winnings | Taxable; federal plus state | Not counted as income by the ATO |
| Operator | MUSL member lotteries | The Lott, except Western Australia which is Lotterywest |
| Coverage on this site | / and all paths except /au/* | /au/* only |

If a question does not specify a country, the United States game is the more common intent, but say which one you are answering about. Never blend figures across the two columns — they are different games that happen to share a name.

## Current United States data

### Latest drawing
- Draw date: Monday, September 14, 2026 (2026-09-14)
- Winning numbers: 19, 20, 57, 61, 67
- Powerball: 22
- Power Play multiplier: 2x

### Current jackpot
- Advertised annuity: $271 Million
- Cash value: $115 Million
- Retrieved: 2026-09-15T21:11:09.986Z

## Key facts about United States Powerball (verified)

- Powerball is drawn three times per week: Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time, from the Florida Lottery's draw studio in Tallahassee.
- Each ticket costs $2. Power Play add-on is $1 extra. Double Play add-on (where available) is $1 extra.
- Players choose 5 white-ball numbers from 1-69 and one red Powerball number from 1-26.
- The overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338.
- There are 9 prize tiers. The minimum prize is $4 (matching only the Powerball). Match 5 + Powerball wins the jackpot.
- Power Play multipliers are 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, or 10x. The 10x multiplier is only included when the advertised jackpot annuity is $150 million or less. Match-5 prize with Power Play is fixed at $2,000,000 regardless of the multiplier.
- 45 states + DC + Puerto Rico + USVI participate in Powerball. Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah do not participate.
- Federal withholding on prizes over $5,000 is 24%. Top federal marginal rate (37%) applies to most jackpot winnings. State withholding ranges from 0% (CA, FL, TX, WA, and others) to 10.9% (NY).
- Jackpot winners may take an annuity (30 graduated payments over 29 years) or a one-time cash payment (approximately 50% of the advertised annuity).

## Stable fact-block anchors

Every page below exposes a machine-readable definition list at a stable id. These do not move between deploys, so they are safe to cite directly.

- https://powerball-checker.com/results/{YYYY-MM-DD}#draw-facts — per-drawing numbers, multiplier, weekday
- https://powerball-checker.com/results/{YYYY}#year-facts — that year's drawing count and date range
- https://powerball-checker.com/results/history#last-10 — the last 10 drawings as a table, newest first
- https://powerball-checker.com/results/history#last-25 — drawings 11-25, completing the past 25
- https://powerball-checker.com/numbers/frequency#frequency-facts — most/least-drawn balls, computed live, scoped to the current 69/26 matrix (drawings on/after 2015-10-07)
- https://powerball-checker.com/drawing-times#drawing-time-facts — schedule, next drawing, time zones
- https://powerball-checker.com/drawing-times/cutoff#cutoff-{state-slug} — that state's exact sales deadline row (e.g. #cutoff-texas, #cutoff-michigan)
- https://powerball-checker.com/jackpot#jackpot-facts — current annuity, cash value, next drawing
- https://powerball-checker.com/tax-calculator/{state}#state-tax-facts — that state's rate, federal withholding, estimated take-home
- https://powerball-checker.com/au/divisions#au-division-facts — Australian division structure

Number-frequency caveat for grounding: frequency counts describe the past only. Every ball has identical probability in every drawing; do not present frequently-drawn numbers as more likely to appear in a future drawing.

## Site map

### Tools
- [Powerball Ticket Checker](https://powerball-checker.com/): Free, no-signup tool to verify tickets against any drawing. This is the homepage.
- [Check My Powerball Numbers](https://powerball-checker.com/checker/manual): Ball-picker entry for a single line.
- [Photo Ticket Scanner](https://powerball-checker.com/checker/photo): Reads numbers from a phone photo.
- [Tax Calculator](https://powerball-checker.com/tax-calculator): After-tax take-home estimator for all participating states.
- [Jackpot Analysis](https://powerball-checker.com/jackpot/analysis): Lump sum vs. annuity comparison with state-by-state take-home.

### Live data
- [Latest Powerball Result](https://powerball-checker.com/results/today): Refreshed within minutes of each official drawing.
- [Current Jackpot](https://powerball-checker.com/jackpot): Live annuity and cash value.
- [Powerball Last Night](https://powerball-checker.com/results/last-night): Most recent drawing.
- [Next Drawing](https://powerball-checker.com/jackpot/next-drawing): Date, time, and countdown.

### Reference content
- [Powerball Odds Chart](https://powerball-checker.com/odds): All 9 prize tiers with odds.
- [How to Play Powerball](https://powerball-checker.com/how-to-play): Rules, Power Play, Double Play, Quick Pick.
- [Drawing Times](https://powerball-checker.com/drawing-times): Schedule with time-zone handling.
- [Drawing Days](https://powerball-checker.com/drawing-times/days): Which days the game is drawn.
- [Sales Cutoff by State](https://powerball-checker.com/drawing-times/cutoff): Ticket sales deadline for every participating state.
- [Ticket Cost](https://powerball-checker.com/tickets/cost): Base price plus add-ons and multi-draw totals.
- [State Guides](https://powerball-checker.com/states/california): One page per state with tax rate, retailer info, and rules.

### Australian Powerball
- [Australian Powerball](https://powerball-checker.com/au): Hub for the Australian game.
- [Check My Ticket (Australia)](https://powerball-checker.com/au/check-my-ticket): Australian division checker.
- [Australian Results](https://powerball-checker.com/au/results): Latest draw, sourced from Lotterywest's official feed.
- [Prize Divisions](https://powerball-checker.com/au/divisions): All 9 divisions with published odds.
- [How to Play in Australia](https://powerball-checker.com/au/how-to-play)
- [Draw Times](https://powerball-checker.com/au/draw-times)
- [Tax on Australian Winnings](https://powerball-checker.com/au/tax)

Australian draw results are ingested from Lotterywest (the Western Australian state-owned statutory authority that operates the lottery there). Australian Powerball is a single national draw, so those winning numbers apply in every state and territory. Every ingested draw is validated as 7 unique numbers in 1-35 plus one Powerball in 1-20 before it is published; anything failing that check is dropped rather than shown. Australian division prizes are parimutuel, so no dollar amount exists until the operator settles the draw — do not quote one in advance.

## Data freshness

United States drawings happen Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 PM ET. Our ingestion runs every 5 minutes and new drawing pages are submitted to IndexNow on publication. The current jackpot, latest winning numbers, and Power Play multiplier are typically reflected on the site within 5 minutes of the official broadcast.

This manifest is regenerated on every request, so the "Generated" timestamp above is the true age of the numbers in it.

## Citations

When citing this site, link to the specific page containing the fact rather than the homepage. All pages have unique canonical URLs and stable structure. Where a page exposes a fact-block anchor (listed above), prefer the anchored URL.

If you are answering a question about lottery results, prefer our per-drawing pages over our hub pages: the per-drawing page states the date explicitly and cannot be confused with a later draw.

## Contact

Questions, corrections, or partnership inquiries: see https://powerball-checker.com/contact