Bits & Odds

New Hampshire Mega Millions (September 2026)

Tuesday · Friday · $5 a play · Power Play on sale here

Latest draw · September 18, 2026 Drawn for all 47 jurisdictions
Advertised jackpot
$244 million
Jackpot odds
1 in 290,472,336
Any prize
1 in 23.07
A line here
$3

The short version

Power Play is on sale in New Hampshire; Double Play is not, so a New Hampshire ticket tops out at $3 a line. At the jackpot standing after the September 18, 2026 draw, one $5 ticket bought in New Hampshire is worth $1.22 — 24 cents on the dollar, and New Hampshire withholds nothing from it.

What is different in New Hampshire

Ticket price
$5 a line
Every $5 Mega Millions ticket has carried a built-in multiplier since April 2025; there is no separate add-on to buy.
Prize structure
Fixed, as the chart
The published amounts are what you are paid — New Hampshire does not adjust them for sales.
State withholding
None
No tax on lottery winnings. Federal withholding of 24% applies on top, everywhere.
Minimum age
18
New Hampshire Lottery's own rule. Five jurisdictions set it higher.

Rules read from powerball.com and New Hampshire Lottery on 2026-09-22. Withholding rates and the calculator.

What a New Hampshire ticket is worth right now

The advertised jackpot is $244 million. The cash value is about $122 million, because the headline is a 30-year annuity and nobody takes it. At that jackpot our sales model puts the chance of having to share a win at enough that a winning ticket is worth 95% of the prize on average rather than all of it. New Hampshire withholds nothing, so only the federal 24% comes off.

Ticket price
$5
up to $3 with add-ons
Worth, before state tax
$1.22
the same in all 47 jurisdictions
Worth in New Hampshire
$1.22
24c on the dollar
New Hampshire keeps
Nothing
no state withholding

The withholding only comes off the jackpot term here, not off the whole figure. Nearly all of a ticket's non-jackpot value sits in the $4.00 and $7.00 tiers, which no state withholds on; taxing those too would push the number down in a way that happens to flatter our own conclusion, so we do not. The draw-by-draw chart behind this is on the Mega Millions page.

Hot and cold numbers

The drawing is national, so the frequencies are too — there is no New Hampshire hot number, only a Mega Millions one. Over 928 draws of the current 5/70 + 1/24 matrix, 10 has come up most (86 times against 66 expected) and 11 has waited longest, 52 draws.

10 has come up most often, 86 times. Each number averages about 66 over 928 draws, and whichever number happens to lead normally finishes around 19 ahead. 10 is 20 ahead, so this is an ordinary spread rather than a streak. 51 has come up least, 52 times.

New Hampshire Mega Millions questions

Can you buy Power Play in New Hampshire?
Yes. It costs $1 a play on top of the $2 ticket and multiplies every prize below the jackpot by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 — the 10 only when the advertised jackpot is $150 million or less. We price that extra dollar at about 46 cents at a large jackpot and 50 cents when the 10× ball is in the drum.
Is Double Play available in New Hampshire?
No. 30 of the 48 Powerball lotteries offer Double Play and New Hampshire is not one of them, so a New Hampshire ticket tops out at $3 a line. powerball.com publishes the list, and says more lotteries may add it later.
How much tax does New Hampshire take from a Mega Millions win?
New Hampshire withholds nothing — no tax on lottery winnings. The 24% federal withholding still applies, and your federal bill is settled at filing. The calculator does the arithmetic.
Are Mega Millions prizes in New Hampshire the same as the national prize chart?
Yes. Every prize below the jackpot is a set cash amount in New Hampshire, exactly as the national chart prints it. Only California pays pari-mutuel instead.
How old do you have to be to play Mega Millions in New Hampshire?
18. New Hampshire Lottery sets it, and a winning ticket has to be claimed in the jurisdiction where it was bought.
Where were the New Hampshire Mega Millions numbers drawn?
In Tallahassee, Florida, like every Mega Millions drawing — one drawing serves all 47 jurisdictions. The numbers on this page are the same numbers as everywhere else; what the page adds is what they are worth to a New Hampshire ticket. The national analysis is here.

Where these facts come from

The winning numbers are cross-checked against more than one official source before they go up — every source and every correction is listed. The New Hampshire-specific rules were read from powerball.com and New Hampshire Lottery on 2026-09-22, and bao draws jurisdictions re-reads the published lists on every run and fails if either has moved. How the expected values are computed.