Bits & Odds

Washington Lottery Results and Winning Numbers

Every game's newest draws, to October 7, 2026. Below them: what a ticket costs in Washington, which add-ons Washington's Lottery sells, and what it is worth — with the arithmetic shown.

Latest Washington lottery results

At the jackpot standing after the October 7, 2026 draw, a $2 Powerball ticket bought in Washington is worth $0.97, 48c on the dollar, and Washington withholds nothing. The best Washington scratch game on sale returns 86c — no jackpot, but far more of the money comes back. Every one, ranked.

Multi-state games in Washington

What is different in Washington

Ticket price
$4 a line, all in
$2 base plus $1 each for Power Play and Double Play.
Power Play
On sale — $1
Multiplies every prize below the jackpot by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10. We make the extra dollar worth about 46c.
Double Play
On sale — $1
A second drawing of the same numbers, every prize fixed, top prize $10 million. Worth about 53c per dollar — the best-value dollar on the ticket.
Prize structure
Fixed, as the chart
The published amounts are what you are paid — Washington does not adjust them for sales.
State withholding
None
No income tax on lottery prizes. Federal withholding of 24% applies on top, everywhere.
Minimum age
18
Washington's Lottery's own rule. Five jurisdictions set it higher.

Rules read from powerball.com and Washington's Lottery on 2026-09-22. Withholding rates and the calculator.

Washington's Lottery's own games

Washington's Lottery runs draw games of its own, and their results are not in our database yet. Washington's Lottery publishes its own results here.

What is on this page instead is the part nobody else computes: what the multi-state games are worth under Washington's rules, which is not what they are worth under anyone else's.

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Washington lottery questions

What lottery games can you play in Washington?
Mega Millions and Powerball, plus Washington's Lottery's own draw games and scratch tickets. We publish the multi-state analysis and the Washington rules; Washington's Lottery's own draw games are not in our database yet.
Does Washington sell Power Play and Double Play?
Both. Each costs $1 a play on top of the $2 ticket, so a full Washington line is $4. We price Power Play at about 46 cents per dollar and Double Play at about 53 cents.
How much tax does Washington withhold from lottery winnings?
Nothing — no income tax on lottery prizes. Federal withholding of 24% still applies. The calculator does the rest.
Which Washington lottery game has the best odds?
Mega Millions, at 1 in 23.07 of winning something — though the prizes are correspondingly smaller, and winning often is not the same as winning much. A scratch game is a different proposition again: the best on sale in Washington now returns about 86 cents on the dollar.
Where do these Washington numbers come from?
The multi-state games are cross-checked against several official sources before we publish them. Every source is listed here. The Washington rules on this page were read from powerball.com and Washington's Lottery on 2026-09-22.

About the Washington's Lottery

Washington's Lottery sells Powerball and Mega Millions alongside its own games. You must be 18 to buy a ticket, and a winning ticket has to be claimed in the jurisdiction where it was sold. walottery.com

Every jurisdiction is listed on the lottery hub — including Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah, which run no lottery at all.