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Choose your numbers on a play slip or let the lottery terminal randomly pick your numbers. The Powerball jackpot grows until it is won. Players win a prize by matching one of the 9 Ways to Win. Powerball drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at p.

To find out where to watch the drawings, click here. The multiplier number is randomly selected just before each drawing. Use the slider to see the height of your dream jackpot. Players Insights. Did you know your odds of winning a prize are the same in every Powerball drawing?

You have a 1 in You still have a 1 in Jackpot winners can either select their prize as an annuity or a lump-sum payment.

The 30 payments added up equal the value of the annuity. Each drawing is conducted using one of two secure automated drawing machines. The machines are completely separate from the system that generates tickets, so the number of winners or where the winning tickets were sold is not known until after the drawing has occurred.

Encased in locked cabinets, each automated drawing machine is essentially a tamper-proof, stand-alone computer equipped only to perform random number generation. The devices pass independently verified and internationally benchmarked batteries of tests for producing random results. Prior to each drawing, the machine to be utilized is randomly selected.

The drawing system also utilizes several encryption algorithms to ensure randomness and security of the data, which is tested continuously. Finally, the system selects the winning numbers based on the game matrix parameters from the tested and secure raw data, displays them on the animated display console and writes them to a log file.

The official results are also printed and signed off on by both the Lottery drawing official and the legislative auditor overseeing the drawing. The Lottery also posts the winning numbers on its website following the drawings each night after winning data is verified. The public is welcome to attend any drawing, but must reserve a seat by contacting the Lottery during regular business hours. Louisiana-based drawings are held every day beginning at approximately p.

Powerball, a multistate game, is conducted live at p. Mega Millions, a multistate game, is conducted live at 10 p. All of the Lottery's games are games of chance. Drawing games are conducted using random number generation. If number combinations that had been drawn in the past were removed from play, the game would be unfair. Even assuming that number combinations could be eliminated, it would take 1, drawings, or 2. For Pick 4, it would take 10, drawings or 28 years. For Pick 5, it would take , drawings or about years.

The winning numbers or results of Powerball, Lotto, Easy 5, Pick 3, Pick 4 and Pick 5 drawings are broadcast beginning at p. Mega Millions drawings are broadcast at p. Lotto: Wednesday and Saturday nights at p. Easy 5: Wednesday and Saturday nights at p. Powerball: Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at p.