How to buy $1.73B Powerball tickets online or on your phone and skip waiting in line
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The next Powerball drawing Wednesday night will have a jackpot of $1.73 billion, the second largest in U.S. history, and you can buy tickets online to skip waiting in lines at convenience stores.
The drawing is Wednesday, Oct. 11. Even though the jackpot is sky high, you don’t have to stand in line at your local lottery vendor for a chance to buy the lucky winner – provided you live in the right state.
Powerball tickets can be purchased in 45 states and Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Residents of Ohio, along with Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Texas, Washington, D.C. and West Virginia can also use the mobile app Jackpocket.
Jackpocket is a lottery mobile app and website that allows you to order official state lottery tickets from your computer or phone. Jackpocket will fulfill the orders on the players’ behalf. The app is deferred to jurisdiction, though, so you must be a resident of one of the participating states and physically within its borders when making a lottery purchase online.
To sweeten the deal, Jackpocket offers a promo code that will get new users their first $2 ticket for free. Enter the promo code CASHFLOW at checkout.
If you live in Arkansas, Colorado, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio or Texas, you also can buy tickets online via Lotto.com, which is a registered courier.
Wednesday’s estimated jackpot ranks as the second-largest Powerball jackpot and U.S. lottery jackpot, only behind the world record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot won in California on November 7, 2022.
The jackpot rolled over when no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Monday – white balls 16, 34, 46, 55, 67 and red Powerball 14. The Power Play multiplier was 3X.
Wednesday’s drawing will be the 36th drawing in the jackpot run. The last time the Powerball jackpot was claimed was July 19 on a ticket sold in California that was worth $1.08 billion.
This is the first time in Powerball history that back-to-back jackpot cycles have generated billion-dollar grand prizes.
