Playing Powerball is extremely simple; just pick five numbers from 1 to 69 and a Powerball from 1 to 26 and you’re done! Ticket entries in the UK close at 11:55pm on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday nights, with the draws then taking place at 4am Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday mornings. Tickets cost £4 and you can enter multiple draws at once, whilst also being able to pick specific draw days. Below we have gone into more detail that you can follow step-by-step.
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You can play Powerball from any National Lottery retailer. If you don’t have any specific numbers you want to enter, then all you need to do is go to the counter and say:
"Please can I have a lucky dip for Powerball?"
You will then get a Lucky Dip for the next Powerball draw and you can pay your £4 and be on your way. A Lucky Dip is a random set of numbers generated by the machine, meaning you don’t have to pick your own. Likewise, if you want more than one entry, just ask for however many Lucky Dips it is you wish to purchase.
The shop clerk may ask you if its for the next draw, or if you want multiple entries on more than one ticket. Here you can choose whether you want to play in a specific draw, or if you want to split the entries between multiple tickets (e.g. two tickets with a single line on, instead of a single ticket with two lines on). If you aren’t bothered by either of those then just say “No thank you” an continue with your entry.
If you want to take advantage of picking your own numbers, specific draws or multi-draws, then your best option is to pick up a play slip and fill it out. Follow the steps below:
Find the lottery stand in a National Lottery retailer. It will most likely have the lottery branding on, and you will see multiple paper slips and a pen on the stand.
Draw a black line through the box of the number you want added onto your entry, effectively marking it out. That’s how the machine its fed into reads the numbers. Do this for five numbers in the main section, then one Powerball in the other section. Filling in more than the allowed amount of numbers will void the ticket.
Choose whether you want to enter them into a specific draw day (Monday, Wednesday or Saturday) or if you want to enter them into multiple draws in a row. These options are on the side of the ticket. If left blank, your numbers will all be entered into the next upcoming draw.
Pay for your tickets and keep them safe. It will cost you £4 per line, per draw (e.g. two lines in two consecutive draws would be £16). You should sign the back of your ticket as if the ticket is a winner and its not signed, whoever finds it can claim to be the rightful winner. If it has a name on it, it can only be claimed by the winning player.
Buy your tickets for Powerball online at Jackpot.com - it's far easier and more secure than playing at a store. Get started by selecting the 'Enter Now' button on this page.
Jackpot.com is a courier service, so they buy your lottery tickets for you. Here's how the process works:
Pick your Powerball numbers on Jackpot.com or via the Jackpot Lottery App.
Pay for your entries and Jackpot.com’s fulfilment team then purchases the lottery ticket for you.
An image of the ticket is uploaded to your account as proof of purchase. The ticket itself is stored in a fireproof safe at a secure facility.
Your tickets are checked for you as soon as the draw has taken place and winnings of up to $600 are deposited into your account.
Winning tickets worth more than $600 are safely delivered to you so that you can claim from a state lottery office.
In the USA there are multiple other options that users can add on their ticket. Some states have Double Play, which is an additional draw that your ticket is entered into to win more prizes, and the majority of states offer Power Play which multiples non-jackpot winning tickets by up to 10x. Neither of these options are available in the UK.
You can also play Powerball online, and not just from a retailer. The steps are largely the same, but playing online has its advantages in that you can never lose your ticket, and you will always be paid your winnings as the claims process is automatic. If playing online is your preferred method, then follow the steps below.
Click any banner on Powerball.net to be taken to an operator. Here you then need to create account, however you can do this step at the end once you’ve added your tickets to your basket.
Select your numbers by tapping on five numbers from 1 to 69 and a single Powerball from 1 to 26. If you don’t want to pick your numbers, then look for the Quick Pick/Lucky Dip text or an icon that looks like a magic wand. That will give you a random line.
Pick if you want to enter multiple draws or not. After that you’ll need to add funds to your account to buy your tickets, and then your purchase can be completed.
Wait for the draw to take place and check the results. This isn’t compulsory as you will win regardless of if you check the results or not, but it adds to the excitement!
You will get an email notification saying you have won a prize. You can also manually check your account as any winning tickets will be labelled and prizes paid into your account once the results have been confirmed.
