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Lottery Tools & Calculators

Check your numbers, compare lottery odds and explore prize payments. Our tools make it easier to understand lottery results, payout options and tax assumptions.

Explore our lottery tools

World of Lotteries brings together practical tools for checking lottery tickets, comparing chances of winning and understanding jackpot payments. Check your numbers against published results, explore hot, cold and overdue statistics, or generate random selections for supported lotteries. Our Powerball and Mega Millions calculators help illustrate cash payouts, annuity payments and estimated taxes. You can also browse US state tax guidance and explore possible Powerball jackpot growth under different rollover assumptions. Each tool explains its inputs and limitations so you can understand what the results mean.

Draw tools

Check results, explore statistics and create number selections.

Ticket Checker

Check Your Numbers

Compare your ticket lines with the latest or recent published draws.

Check my ticket →Lottery Statistics

Hot, Cold & Overdue Numbers

Explore frequently drawn numbers and those with the longest gaps.

Explore statistics →Random Selections

Number Generator

Generate up to ten lines using each lottery’s configured number ranges.

Generate numbers →Chances of Winning

Compare Lottery Odds

Compare top prize and overall odds across major lotteries.

Compare odds →

Prize & tax calculators

Explore payout options and understand the assumptions behind tax estimates.

UK Powerball

Annuity Calculator

Illustrate annual payments and the remaining balance for a UK jackpot.

Explore payments →US Powerball

Cash vs Annuity

Compare a cash prize with annual payments and optional investment assumptions.

Compare options →US Powerball

Cash Payout & Tax

Estimate the cash kept after federal, state and local taxes.

Estimate payout →Mega Millions

Cash Payout & Tax

Explore withholding and estimated tax on a Mega Millions cash prize.

Estimate payout →US Lottery Taxes

Taxes by State

Browse published state tax guidance and prize withholding notes.

Browse states →

Jackpot tools

Explore possible jackpot growth under clearly stated rollover assumptions.

US Powerball

Jackpot Growth Estimator

Explore amounts by date or dates reaching a target, assuming no jackpot winner.

Estimate growth →

For information purposes only. Calculator results are estimates based on stated assumptions. They are not guaranteed payouts or financial, tax or legal advice. Random selections and past statistics do not improve the chance of winning.