Lottery Analyzer - Powerball & Mega Millions

Get real Powerball and Mega Millions winning numbers, number statistics (hot and cold numbers, overdue numbers, common pairs, gaps), the next draw date, and a checker for your own numbers. Results can be sent to Zapier, Make, n8n or any webhook.

Drawings come from NY Open Data (data.ny.gov), published by the New York State Gaming Commission. Powerball and Mega Millions use the same winning numbers in every state, so these results are the national results.

Not included: jackpot amounts. The data source publishes winning numbers and multipliers only. Jackpot amounts, cash values, winner counts and jackpot estimates are always null, and there is no jackpot trend analysis or jackpot alert.

Demo mode is off by default. Set demoMode to true for randomly generated sample drawings, labeled isSampleData: true, which charge none of this actor's events.

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Quick start

Real data: full report for both games

{
  "demoMode": false,
  "lottery": "both",
  "mode": "full_report"
}

Check your numbers

Five main numbers, then your Powerball or Mega Ball:

{
  "demoMode": false,
  "lottery": "powerball",
  "mode": "check_numbers",
  "checkNumbers": "5,17,23,44,62,14",
  "historicalLimit": 300
}

Try the output format with sample data

{
  "demoMode": true
}

Sample runs charge none of this actor's events. Apify's Actor start charge still applies.

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Modes

Mode	What you get
latest_results	The latest drawing and the 5 most recent drawings
historical_data	Up to historicalLimit most recent drawings
analysis	Number statistics (see below)
next_drawing	Next draw date, time and countdown from the regular draw schedule. No data is fetched.
check_numbers	Every past drawing where your numbers matched, with the prize tier for each
full_report	Latest drawing, next drawing, analysis, and the 10 most recent drawings

Analysis

Every analysis includes hot and cold numbers, hot and cold Powerballs or Mega Balls, and overdue numbers (not drawn for more than 30 days). analysisType adds sections:

• pairs: the 20 main-number pairs drawn together most often
• gaps: average, longest and current gap between appearances, counted in drawings
• day_patterns: number of drawings per weekday
• all: all of the above

Analysis uses only drawings in the current number format, so number ranges are comparable: Powerball since 2015-10-07 (1-69 and 1-26) and Mega Millions since 2025-04-08 (1-70 and 1-24). Older drawings you fetch are still returned in historical_data and still checked in check_numbers, but they are left out of the statistics, and the output says how many were left out.

Number check prizes

Prizes come from the official prize charts:

• Powerball (drawings since 2015-10-07): base prizes, without Power Play.
• Mega Millions 2017-10-31 to 2025-04-04: base prizes, without Megaplier.
• Mega Millions since 2025-04-08: every play has a built-in 2x to 10x multiplier that the data source does not publish, so prizes are shown as a range, for example "$14 to $70".
• Older formats: prize is null.

A jackpot match shows "Jackpot" because jackpot amounts are not available.

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
lottery	string	"both"	powerball, megamillions or both. No other games are supported.
mode	string	"full_report"	See Modes above
analysisType	string	"all"	hot_cold, frequency, overdue, pairs, gaps, day_patterns or all
analysisPeriod	integer	365	Analyze only fetched drawings from the last N days. 0 = all fetched drawings.
historicalLimit	integer	100	How many of the most recent drawings to fetch per game (1 to 5000). Powerball data starts in 2010, Mega Millions in 2002.
checkNumbers	string	-	For check_numbers: 5 main numbers then the Powerball or Mega Ball, for example 5,17,23,44,62,14
webhookUrl	string	-	URL to POST results to
webhookTriggers	array	["always"]	When to send the webhook (see Webhooks)
webhookPlatform	string	"custom"	Payload format: zapier, make, n8n or custom
demoMode	boolean	false	Return sample data instead of real data
jackpotThreshold	integer	-	Not available (no jackpot data). Kept so older inputs still work.
proxyConfiguration	object	-	Not used. Kept so older inputs still work.

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Output

One dataset item per run. Example (full_report, Powerball part, shortened):

{
  "success": true,
  "isSampleData": false,
  "isLiveData": true,
  "lottery": "powerball",
  "mode": "full_report",
  "dataSource": {
    "name": "NY Open Data lottery winning numbers",
    "publisher": "New York State Gaming Commission",
    "datasets": { "powerball": "https://data.ny.gov/d/d6yy-54nr" }
  },
  "data": {
    "powerball": {
      "latestDrawing": {
        "lottery": "powerball",
        "drawDate": "2026-10-24",
        "numbers": [4, 5, 15, 19, 55],
        "specialBall": 19,
        "multiplier": 2,
        "jackpot": null,
        "jackpotCashValue": null,
        "winners": null
      },
      "nextDrawing": {
        "drawDate": "2026-10-26",
        "drawTime": "10:59 PM ET",
        "estimatedJackpot": null,
        "cashValue": null,
        "countdown": { "days": 0, "hours": 14, "minutes": 12 }
      },
      "analysis": {
        "numberFormat": "5 numbers from 1-69 + Powerball from 1-26",
        "period": "2026-03-07 to 2026-10-24",
        "drawingsAnalyzed": 100,
        "hotNumbers": [{ "number": 42, "count": 13, "percentage": 13, "lastDrawn": "2026-10-19", "daysSinceDrawn": 7 }],
        "overdueNumbers": [{ "number": 43, "count": 5, "percentage": 5, "lastDrawn": "2026-07-08", "daysSinceDrawn": 110 }],
        "commonPairs": [{ "pair": [13, 65], "count": 4, "percentage": 4 }],
        "gapAnalysis": [{ "number": 43, "averageGap": 11, "maxGap": 23, "currentGap": 46 }],
        "jackpotTrends": null
      },
      "recentDrawings": ["..."]
    }
  },
  "chargedEvents": { "lottery-data-fetch": 1, "analysis-run": 1 }
}

multiplier is the Power Play for Powerball and the Megaplier for Mega Millions drawings up to 2025-04-04. For Mega Millions drawings since 2025-04-08 it is null because the built-in multiplier is not published in the data source.

If the input is invalid, the run returns one item with success: false, errorType: "invalid_input" and a message. If NY Open Data cannot be reached, the run fails with errorType: "source_unavailable". Neither case charges any of this actor's events; Apify's Actor start charge still applies.

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Webhooks

Set webhookUrl to send the run's result as a POST request. Triggers:

• always: every run
• new_results: when the newest drawing is newer than on your previous run. The last seen draw dates are kept in a key-value store named lottery-analyzer-pb-mm-state in your Apify account. The first run counts as new. Not checked in demo mode.
• number_match: in check_numbers mode, when your numbers hit a prize tier in at least one checked drawing
• jackpot_threshold: not available, never fires (no jackpot data)

A useful setup: schedule latest_results with new_results to get each new drawing once.

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Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing:

Event	When it is charged	Price
Actor start	Once when the run starts, one event per GB of memory (minimum one). At the default 1 GB of memory that is $0.10 per run	$0.10 per GB
Lottery Data Fetch	Charged per lottery (Powerball or Mega Millions) when fetching historical drawing data	$0.05
Analysis Run	Charged per lottery when running statistical analysis (hot/cold numbers, pairs, gaps, trends)	$0.05
Number Check	Charged when checking user's numbers against historical drawings	$0.02
Result	Each item written to the default dataset	$0.00001

Examples at the default 1 GB:

• full_report for both games: $0.10 start + 2 x $0.05 fetch + 2 x $0.05 analysis = about $0.30
• latest_results for one game: $0.10 start + $0.05 = about $0.15
• check_numbers for one game: $0.10 start + $0.05 + $0.02 = about $0.17
• next_drawing: only the start charge

Demo runs, invalid inputs and source outages charge none of this actor's events. Apify's actor start charge applies to every run. Each result lists what was charged in chargedEvents.

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Data source and limits

• Powerball: Lottery Powerball Winning Numbers: Beginning 2010
• Mega Millions: Lottery Mega Millions Winning Numbers: Beginning 2002

The datasets are usually updated within a day of each drawing. Check drawDate on the latest drawing. If the newest drawing in the source is more than 7 days old, the output adds a note.

The next drawing date and time come from the regular schedule (Powerball: Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 PM ET. Mega Millions: Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 PM ET) and do not account for rare schedule changes.

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Disclaimer

For entertainment and research only. Lottery drawings are random, and past results do not predict future outcomes. Hot, cold and overdue numbers describe the past. They do not make any number more or less likely to be drawn. Always confirm winning numbers with your official lottery.

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Built by John Rippy | Actor Arsenal