Powerball states: where you can play in the U.S.

Where Powerball is sold

You can play Powerball in every state except Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah, which don't sell it, and in Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Since July 2026 it's also sold in the United Kingdom, which shares only the jackpot.

Tickets are sold by each lottery's licensed retailers and, in some states, on the lottery's own website or app. A ticket belongs to the lottery that sold it: that's where any prize is claimed, under that lottery's rules.

Every lottery that sells Powerball

Online sales, age rules and add-ons change from time to time, so check your lottery's website before you play.

Buying Powerball online

15 states and Washington, D.C. sell Powerball on their own website or app: Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. You need an account with that lottery and must be inside the state when you buy.

In New York you can buy online subscriptions, and in Massachusetts you must be 21 to play online; in stores, 18 is enough. In Puerto Rico Powerball is only sold in stores.

Everywhere else, tickets are only sold in person at licensed retailers. How each option works, including services for players outside the U.S., is in where to play Powerball.

Minimum age to play

You must be 18 to buy Powerball tickets in most of the 48 jurisdictions. The exceptions are Nebraska (19) and Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana and Mississippi (21), plus online play in Massachusetts (21). The full rules are in Powerball rules.

Power Play and Double Play by state

Power Play is sold by every lottery except California, where all prizes are pari-mutuel by law. In Idaho, Montana and Puerto Rico it's included in every play, which costs $3; elsewhere it's $1 more per play.

Double Play is sold by the 30 lotteries marked in the table above. New York added it on June 2, 2026 and Arizona on June 14, 2026. How both add-ons work is in Power Play and Double Play.

Sales cutoff, claim deadline and state tax by state

The drawing is at 10:59 PM ET, but each lottery stops selling tickets for it earlier: from 9:30 PM ET in Colorado to 10:00 PM ET in New York, Florida, Georgia and several other states. A ticket bought after the cutoff is for the next drawing.

Most lotteries give you 180 days from the drawing date to claim a prize; New Mexico gives 90 days, Montana six months and 14 lotteries give a year. In Florida, Illinois and Massachusetts, a jackpot winner who wants the cash option has to claim within 60 days of the drawing, and in Texas the choice is made when buying the ticket.

On prizes over $5,000, the lottery withholds 24% for federal taxes and, in most states, a share for state income tax. California doesn't tax California Lottery prizes, and Florida, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming have no income tax on them. Puerto Rico withholds its own tax on lottery prizes: nothing up to $10,000 and up to 20% on large prizes.

State tax withheld is what the lottery keeps for the state before paying you: an advance on your state income tax, not the final bill, and your home state may tax the prize too. Yes means the lottery withholds state tax but there's no single official rate. In Delaware the prize is taxable, but the lottery doesn't withhold state tax. New Jersey withholds 5% on prizes over $10,000 and 8% on prizes over $500,000. Residents of New York City and Yonkers pay local tax on top, and Washington will tax income over $1 million from 2028.

Kentucky, Mississippi and Puerto Rico don't publish their Powerball sales cutoff, and Illinois only publishes its online one: ask your retailer, and don't leave it to the last minute. The U.S. Virgin Islands Lottery doesn't publish these details for Powerball, so check with the lottery before you play there.

Checked on each lottery's website and with each state's tax department in October 2026. Cutoffs, deadlines and tax rates change, so check your lottery's website before you play or claim. How claiming works is in how to claim a Powerball prize.

What each state does with its share

The money each lottery keeps after prizes and costs stays in its state and funds what its laws decide: education in many of them, but also seniors, veterans, parks, local services or the general budget. State by state, it's in where Powerball money goes.

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