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New York Powerball Rules

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You have to be at least 18 years of age to play Powerball in New York, and you can enter by filling out a playslip from any one of over 17,000 licensed retailers in the state. You can pick your own numbers or choose a Quick Pick selection, and enter up to 26 consecutive drawings in advance.

Powerball Winning Numbers LAST 180 DAYS. View the winning numbers and the number of prizes distributed for each drawing in the last 180 days in the chart below. Winning tickets purchased within this period are valid and prizes can still be redeemed. The prize may be paid as an annuity of 30 payments over 29 years, or as a single lump sum cash payment. Powerball jackpot winners will select their payment preference at the time of their prize claim. All set prizes and Power Play prizes, including Match 5-0, may be reduced if claims exceed available prize fund. You might be a winner! Click on the links below to find recent prizes paid for: Powerball Mega Millions Lucky for Life Lotto Show Me Cash Pick 4 Pick 3. Remember, all winning tickets must be claimed within 180 days of the drawing date of the last winning play.

Ticket sales close in The Empire State at 22:00 ET on the day of a drawing, so make sure you complete your entry before the cut-off deadline.

The Powerball drawings can be watched live on television across New York on Wednesday and Saturday evenings at 10:59pm ET. The drawing is broadcast on the following channels:

Prizes worth up to and including $600 can be claimed from any licensed retailer, or from one of the 16 Lottery Customer Service Centers.

Prizes valued at $601 or more can be processed at one of the Customer Service Centers. Retailers cannot pay out prizes worth more than $600. If you win a prize of this value and take your ticket to a retailer to claim it, you will be given a File Claim receipt as proof your ticket has been validated. You will then need to complete your claim at a Customer Service Center.

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Prizes up to $50,000 will be paid out when you visit a Customer Service Center, providing you show your winning ticket along with a completed claims form and proof of identification.

Prizes exceeding $50,000, including the Powerball jackpot, cannot be paid out by the Claim Centers. You will need to fill out ‘Authorization for Deposit’ and ‘Change of Winner Status’ forms if you’re a jackpot winner, and these claims will then be transferred onto the Prize Payment Unit in Schenectady for completion.

Prizes of any value can also be claimed by mailing the NY Lottery’s headquarters at the following address:

NY Lottery Headquarters
PO Box 7533
Schenectady
NY 12301-7533

The location, address, telephone number and opening hours of the Customer Service Centers in New York can be found below.

You have one year from the date of a Powerball drawing to come forward and claim your prize in New York. Any money that is left unclaimed once the deadline has passed will go back into the prize pool for future draws, or go towards future jackpots and special events.

New York has the highest rate of tax of any participating Powerball state. You are required by the New York Gaming Commission to pay 8.82 percent state tax on winnings over $5,000, in addition to any federal taxes owed. Some locations within the state also levy a local income tax. New York City, for example, has an income tax rate of 3.876 percent, which is also applied to any lottery winnings. See the Taxes page for more information.

Any tickets that are damaged can still be claimed, but the tickets must be validated. You should sign the ticket, write your social security number on it, and mail it to the following address:

New York State Gaming Commission
One Broadway Center
P.O. Box 7500
Schenectady, N 12301-7500

You won’t be able to claim a prize on lost lottery tickets. Whoever is in possession of a winning ticket can claim the prize. You should always sign the back of your ticket in case it gets lost, and contact a New York Lottery Customer Service Center if you do lose it. You can also speak to the New York Lottery Security Office on 518-388-3416 for further information.

You cannot remain anonymous if you win the Powerball jackpot in New York. Your name and city of residence will be released because it is deemed to be public information, along with the jackpot amount and the date of the winning drawing. However, other details, including your street address and telephone number, will remain confidential.

All profits from the sale of lottery tickets in New York go towards public education in the state, as outlined by the New York Constitution. Over $64 billion has funded work of the New York State Education Department since 1967, helping public K-12 schools in the area.

Nearly half of all the lottery’s revenue goes towards paying prizes back to players. Around 34 percent of it is allocated to Aid to Education, with the remaining money used to cover costs and retailer commissions. The table below shows how the revenue from ticket sales is split:

There have been many jackpot winners in New York since it joined Powerball in 2010, including carpenter Nandlall Mangal, who scooped $245 million on August 11th 2018 after spending $6 on a Quick Pick ticket. The 42-year-old bought his winning entry at the Stop & Shop supermarket on Hylan Boulevard in Staten Island and he claimed his winnings through a trust named ‘Sea and Sand’.

In October 2018, a winning ticket bought at the West Harlem Deli on 5th Avenue in New York City shared the third-largest jackpot in Powerball history with another ticket from Iowa. Both winners had a choice between a cash lump sum payment worth $198 million or the annuity option of around $343 million.

There are nine different ways to win Powerball prizes in every draw, based on how many numbers you match. You can win $4 just for matching the Powerball, while the jackpot is won by matching all five main numbers plus the Powerball. The top prize starts at $20 million (*During the Coronavirus pandemic, the starting jackpot may be lower than this) and increases every time it is not won.

If there are multiple winners of the jackpot, it will be shared equally between them. The eight prizes below the jackpot are fixed amounts, so for these prizes there is a guaranteed payout regardless of how many winning players there are. Go to the Powerball Numbers page to see the latest prize payouts.

Payout Chart

The Powerball payout chart below shows how many numbers you need to match to win the different prizes and the odds of winning each. You can also see statistics about past winners in each division.

Figures calculated using results drawn between April 22nd 1992 and February 6th 2021.

For a small additional fee, you can opt to use the Power Play option which will increase the prize payout for any non-jackpot win by a multiple of 2, 3, 4 or 5 (or possibly 10 when the estimated jackpot is less than $150 million) depending on which Power Play number is drawn. Match 5 winnings are always doubled to $2 million with the Power Play option, no matter which Power Play number is drawn. This option is available in all participating states and jurisdictions except California, where prizes must be pari-mutuel according to state law.

Power Play Payout Chart

Here are the expected payouts for Power Play prizes:

The following table shows the odds of each Power Play multiplier being randomly selected when the 10x multiplier is in play (jackpot worth $150 million or less):

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The following table shows the odds of each Power Play multiplier being randomly selected when the 10x multiplier is not in play (jackpot worth more than $150 million):

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