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For information and entertainment only — not financial, tax, investment, or legal
advice. Every tool here produces estimates from published odds and simplified assumptions;
they are not predictions. The lottery is a negative-expected-value bet. Consult a licensed professional
before making any financial decision, and only play with money you can afford to lose.
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How big does the Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot have to be before a
ticket is a fair bet? See how taxes and jackpot splitting move the line.
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How high do jackpots really get, and how long does it take? Probability curves
and average time-to-reach, from real jackpot history.
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How many people are playing Powerball, Mega Millions and Lotto America —
estimated from real winner counts — and the odds a jackpot gets won, or shared, at tonight's size.
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Play out thousands of real tickets at a game's actual odds — a big one-time
buy, or three lines a week for years — and watch your balance slide.
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A heat map of state tax on lottery winnings — see which states don't tax it
at all, and how much of a jackpot you'd keep in each.
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Enter your numbers and see how they would have done across every draw on
record — best match ever, how often each tier hit, and whether they struck the jackpot.
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Take the 30-year annuity or the lump sum? The after-tax, present-value
comparison — plus the discount rate where they break even.
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For "for life" games — what a lifetime of yearly payments is really worth
today versus the one-time cash option, by your age.
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See the odds of every prize tier to scale — just how far apart "match 3"
and the jackpot really are.