Where to Play Powerball

Powerball can be played in one of the following 31 states/jurisdictions, plus online.

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      States that sell Powerball tickets:

^† State was a founding member of Lotto America.

^‡ State was a Lotto America member before the game was changed to Powerball, although not a founding member of Lotto America.

* Maine was a member of Lotto America from Jul., 1990 - Apr., 1992, and dropped out due to low sales.  They later re-joined Powerball on Jul. 31, 2004.

Notes:

• Powerball was originally known as Lotto America, which began on February 3, 1988.  On April 19, 1992, Lotto America underwent many changes, including nine ways to win, improved overall odds, a larger jackpot, and other changes, and the name of the game was changed to "Powerball".
• The dates shown are the dates tickets went on sale in the state, not the date of the first drawing.
• USA Mega compiled the list of game start dates through an exhaustive search of web resources, contacts with the state lotteries, and research of old news stories.  To the best of our knowledge it is correct.  If you have certain knowledge that any of the above information is incorrect, please contact us and indicate the source of your information.  We will be pleased to update this information if it is not precisely correct.