Lottery Results, Winning Numbers & Jackpots for Powerball, Mega Millions and U.S. Lotteries

Yes. Lottery Valley is an independent lottery reference covering 300+ games across 46 U.S. jurisdictions. Winning numbers are sourced from official state lottery publications and refreshed after each drawing is confirmed. Because no website is the legal authority on a result, every game and state page links back to the official source so you can confirm a result before you act on it.

Lottery Valley is an independent publisher — it is not a state lottery, not a government agency, and not an official lottery operator. It is run by a dedicated editorial team that maintains the results data, tools, and guides. You can review the people behind the site, the editorial standards, and the corrections policy on the About and Authors pages.

No. Lottery Valley does not sell tickets or process any lottery purchase. It is a results, data, and research site. Where playing online is legal, the Play Online section points to licensed couriers and partners and clearly discloses those relationships — the buying always happens on the partner's platform, never here.

Checking results, jackpots, draw times, and using the core tools is free. The site is funded by affiliate partnerships with licensed online-play platforms and by an optional paid membership. Affiliate relationships never change a reported winning number — they are kept separate from results data and are listed on the Affiliate Disclosure page.

Results and jackpot figures are refreshed shortly after each official drawing is published for the supported game. Right after a draw there can be a brief lag while the lottery confirms its numbers, so a result is treated as final only once it matches the official source. Guides and strategy content follow their own editorial update schedule.

Match every number on your ticket against the official result for the exact game and draw date — and check the date, since tickets are easy to confuse between drawings. You can look up past winning numbers on each state's results pages or use the ticket checker tool to compare a ticket without doing the matching by hand.

Lottery prizes are taxable income. In the U.S. there is mandatory federal withholding on larger prizes (24% before any additional tax owed at filing), and most states add their own tax — though a handful take nothing. Because the real total depends on your state, prize size, and lump-sum-versus-annuity choice, see the Lottery Taxes section for the state-by-state breakdown and a calculator.

The jackpot odds for the big national games are roughly 1 in 292 million for Powerball and about 1 in 290 million for Mega Millions, but both games also have many smaller, far more achievable prize tiers. Each individual game page lists the full odds and prize breakdown so you can see the realistic chances at every level.

No tool can change the odds — every official draw is random, and past numbers do not influence future ones. Lottery Valley's predictions, number generators, and personalized picks are for entertainment and for people who enjoy a structured way to choose numbers, not a guarantee. They are clearly labeled as informational throughout the predictions and tools sections.