Powerball UK frequently asked questions

Yes. Since 21 July 2026 Powerball has been a National Lottery game, sold on The National Lottery website and app and by National Lottery retailers across the UK and the Isle of Man. You must be 18 or over, and to play online you must live in the UK or the Isle of Man and be there when you buy. You can also bet on the result of the US draw with a betting company licensed by the Gambling Commission, such as Lottofy. See where to buy Powerball tickets.

For each line, choose 5 numbers from 1 to 69 and a Powerball from 1 to 26, or ask for a Lucky Dip. Pick the draws you want to enter, up to four weeks ahead, and buy before 11.55pm the night before the draw. It's all explained in how to play Powerball.

At 3.59am UK time on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, which is 10.59pm on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in the eastern US. On a few days a year, when the UK and the US change their clocks on different dates, it's at 2.59am. The National Lottery publishes the results from around 5am. More in Powerball draw time.

Because that's the American date. The draw takes place late on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday evening in the US, which is already the early hours of Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday in the UK. You buy your ticket by 11.55pm on the Monday, Wednesday or Saturday, and the result carries the UK date of the following morning.

£4 a line, for each draw. There are no add-ons: Power Play and Double Play, which cost extra in the US, aren't available in the UK.

The Gambling Commission describes the price as a commercial decision of The National Lottery. A UK line pays the same into the shared jackpot as an American one, and also funds UK-only lower prizes, including £8 for Match 2, over 30% for UK good causes and 12% Lottery Duty. The details are in Powerball UK vs US.

It's the same jackpot, shared between UK and American winners, but it's advertised differently. The US shows it in dollars, before tax; the UK shows the total a winner would receive over 30 years, in pounds and after UK tax, so the UK figure is much lower. See the Powerball jackpot.

It rolls over to the next draw and keeps growing, with no cap, until a ticket in the UK or the US matches all 5 numbers and the Powerball. After a win it starts again at around £10 million to £12 million in the UK, depending on the exchange rate. More in the Powerball jackpot.

No. A UK jackpot is paid over 30 years: a first payment of 1% or 2% of the jackpot fund, as the winner chooses, and then 29 yearly payments that rise each year. A lump sum is only paid in exceptional cases, such as a syndicate of more than 35 people that chooses it, and it's lower than the advertised jackpot.

No: National Lottery prizes are tax-free, and the advertised jackpot is already after UK tax. With a jackpot, the first payment isn't taxed, but the interest part of the yearly annuity payments is, and US withholding tax may apply depending on the winner's circumstances. A jackpot winner should take professional advice.

Two numbers are enough for the lowest UK prize, a fixed £8 for Match 2, and matching just the Powerball also wins a prize. The UK has 10 prize tiers, all in Powerball prizes.

Because, apart from Match 5 (£1 million) and Match 2 (£8), each UK tier shares a set percentage of that draw's UK sales among all its UK winners. More sales or fewer winners mean a bigger prize, and the other way round.

1 in 292,201,338 for the jackpot and 1 in 11,688,054 for the £1 million Match 5 prize. The odds of winning any prize are about 1 in 13 (The National Lottery rounds it to 1 in 14). Every tier is in Powerball odds.

Not yet, as of 5 November 2026. Four UK players had won the £1 million Match 5 prize by then. Since the UK joined, two jackpots have been won in the US: the biggest, $1.04 billion, in Illinois in August 2026, and $847 million in New Jersey in November. See the biggest Powerball jackpots.

180 days from the draw. Up to £100 can be paid at any National Lottery retailer and up to £500 at some; up to £50,000 can be claimed online; above that, contact The National Lottery. A jackpot is claimed in person. Step by step in how to claim a Powerball prize.

No, they're two different things. A National Lottery ticket enters the UK game: £4 a line, the UK prize tiers, prizes paid by Allwyn and part of the money for UK good causes. A bet on the result of the US draw, like the ones Lottofy offers, where our Play buttons take you, is placed with a betting company licensed by the Gambling Commission: you play the same numbers in the same draw, and any winnings are paid by that company under its own terms, following the US prize table.

We publish the Powerball results from official sources as soon as the draw is made public. This is an independent website, not The National Lottery, so always check a win against your ticket and with The National Lottery or a National Lottery retailer before you treat it as certain.

Enter your 5 numbers and the Powerball, choose a draw or a date range, and the ticket checker shows each line's matches and prize. The numbers you enter are only used for that check and aren't linked to you; more in our privacy policy.

The number generator looks at up to 200 recent Powerball draws and suggests lines based on hot numbers, cold numbers or completely at random. It doesn't predict the draw: every combination has exactly the same chance of winning.

Yes. Our results page has past draws with their winning numbers, and in the ticket checker you can choose a date or a date range to check several draws at once. Remember that prizes have to be claimed within 180 days.