Which states do not participate in Powerball? (2024)

Which states do not participate in Powerball?

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U.S. lotteries. As of 2020, all states with lotteries (in blue) plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands offer Powerball.

But while the vast majority of states run their own lotteries, there are some who do not and whose residents are therefore not able to enter into the Powerball. The six states without state lotteries are Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada and Utah.

The states that currently do not have lotteries are: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming.

Alabama's Constitution bans lotteries and gambling. Electronic bingo parlors have developed thanks to local constitutional amendments, though the Alabama Supreme Court has made narrow readings of those amendments in recent years.

Lotteries were originally outlawed in the Nevada state constitution which was ratified in 1864. Section 24 of the constitution states “No lottery may be authorized by this State, nor may lottery tickets be sold”.

Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah do not sell lottery tickets.

In the United States, lotteries are run by 48 jurisdictions: 45 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Lotteries are subject to the laws of and operated independently by each jurisdiction, and there is no national lottery organization.

Why is there no lottery in Alaska?

Katrina Mitchell, the head of the Alaska Revenue Department's gaming section and the regulator of the games that are allowed, said Powerball or Megamillion lotteries, with their huge payouts but long odds, would be illegal under Alaska law. Alaska is one of only six states that ban those national lotteries.

Most winning lottery numbers: Powerball.

According to Lotto Numbers, the Mega Millions numbers that have appeared in the most draws since the start of the lottery are: 31, 17, 4, 20 and 10; while the most drawn Mega Ball number is 10. The least common numbers in recent years have been: 51, 49, 35, 55 and 5. The Mega Ball that has drawn the least is 7.

And not surprisingly, there have been more winners in states with greater populations and thus more players.California takes the prize for the most Mega Millions jackpot winners during that span, with six lucky players. That's followed by five winners in New York, four in New Jersey and three in Illinois.

What US states don't have casinos? The following US states do not have casinos. Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia do not have any land-based or tribal casinos.

In fact, all forms of gambling are prohibited. As Hawaii has no neighboring states, the local government has never felt the need to compete with lottery ticket sales. Some think that introducing gambling could harm the local tourism industry, as it is a popular family destination.

TL Management Trust of Austin claims the $500 million Powerball jackpot prize for the drawing held on Feb. 11. A winning ticket for a $564.1 million Powerball^® jackpot, the fifth largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, was sold in Texas at the Appletree Food Mart located at 893 E. Princeton in Princeton.

The lottery is against the law in Nevada because the gaming industry in the state does not want the competition.

A total of 44 states have a state-run lottery, and Hawaii is one of the six that don't. The other states that ban lotteries are Alabama and Mississippi in the Bible Belt, western neighbors Utah and Nevada (for different reasons), and fellow regional outlier Alaska.

How many people have won the Powerball?

You can play the game in 45 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The states not offering Mega Millions are: Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah. Many grocery stores, gas stations and convenience stores sell lottery tickets.

Forty-five states, as well as Washington, D.C., and the Virgin Islands, participate in the Mega Millions lottery. Nevada, Utah, Alabama, Alaska and Hawaii do not, but residents of those states can still purchase tickets elsewhere and then travel to collect a prize.

States that sell Mega Millions lottery tickets

Mega Millions tickets are sold in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with drawings held each Tuesday and Friday. Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah do not participate in the lottery.

What is Mega Millions? Mega Millions® is a multi-state lottery game with MEGA jackpots and MEGA fun. You can play Mega Millions in 45 states plus the District of Columbia and the U. S. Virgin Islands; a total of 47 jurisdictions.

California takes the prize for the most Mega Millions jackpot winners during that span, with six lucky players. That's followed by five winners in New York, four in New Jersey and three in Illinois. Notably, population heavyweights Texas and Florida have had few Mega Millions winners since 2016.

Katrina Mitchell, the head of the Alaska Revenue Department's gaming section and the regulator of the games that are allowed, said Powerball or Megamillion lotteries, with their huge payouts but long odds, would be illegal under Alaska law. Alaska is one of only six states that ban those national lotteries.

All forms of gambling have been illegal since 1927. Given the strong religious community in the state a lottery is very unlikely, in fact it is even written into state law in Utah, that even if gambling was passed as federal law, it would still be illegal in Utah.

Lotteries were originally outlawed in the Nevada state constitution which was ratified in 1864. Section 24 of the constitution states “No lottery may be authorized by this State, nor may lottery tickets be sold”.

How many people have won Mega Millions?

Since the game began in 2002, there have been 203 jackpots won by 228 individual tickets (20 jackpots have been shared by two or more winning tickets). Mega Millions has awarded 25 jackpots of more than $300 million, including the Mega Millions record of $1.537 billion won in South Carolina on October 23, 2018.

The largest jackpot of any US lottery game was $1.586 billion -- a Powerball prize from January 13, 2016, shared by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee.

June 7, 2019 - $522 million ($340.0 million cash) won by Laarni Bibal with a ticket purchased in San Diego, Calif.

No representative of Mega Millions would ever call, text, or email anyone about winning a prize, Mega Millions said. Also remember, "no real lottery tells winners to put up their own money in order to collect a prize they have already won," it said.

Two numbers will not win you anything in Mega Millions, unless one of the numbers is the Mega Ball.

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