Wyoming Mega Millions (September 2026)
The short version
Power Play is on sale in Wyoming; Double Play is not, so a Wyoming ticket tops out at $3 a line. At the jackpot standing after the September 18, 2026 draw, one $5 ticket bought in Wyoming is worth $1.22 — 24 cents on the dollar, and Wyoming withholds nothing from it.
What is different in Wyoming
- 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 — Wyoming does not adjust them for sales.
- State withholding
- None
- No income tax. Federal withholding of 24% applies on top, everywhere.
- Minimum age
- 18
- WyoLotto's own rule. Five jurisdictions set it higher.
Rules read from powerball.com and WyoLotto on 2026-09-22. Withholding rates and the calculator.
What a Wyoming 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. Wyoming withholds nothing, so only the federal 24% comes off.
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 Wyoming 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.
Wyoming Mega Millions questions
- Can you buy Power Play in Wyoming?
- 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 Wyoming?
- No. 30 of the 48 Powerball lotteries offer Double Play and Wyoming is not one of them, so a Wyoming ticket tops out at $3 a line. powerball.com publishes the list, and says more lotteries may add it later.
- How much tax does Wyoming take from a Mega Millions win?
- Wyoming withholds nothing — no income tax. The 24% federal withholding still applies, and your federal bill is settled at filing. The calculator does the arithmetic.
- Are Mega Millions prizes in Wyoming the same as the national prize chart?
- Yes. Every prize below the jackpot is a set cash amount in Wyoming, 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 Wyoming?
- 18. WyoLotto sets it, and a winning ticket has to be claimed in the jurisdiction where it was bought.
- Where were the Wyoming 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 Wyoming 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
Wyoming-specific rules were read from
powerball.com and
WyoLotto 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.