# Lottery Results: Powerball, Mega Millions & State Lotto (`tacps126/lottery-results`) Actor

Powerball, Mega Millions, Millionaire for Life, NY Lotto, Take 5, Pick 10, Numbers, Win 4, Quick Draw, Lotto Texas, Texas Two Step, Cash Five: winning numbers, jackpots, winners, hot and cold numbers.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tacps126/lottery-results.md
- **Developed by:** [Tapaswai Choudhary](https://apify.com/tacps126) (community)
- **Categories:** News, Automation, Developer tools
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## Pricing

from $2.40 / 1,000 draw or numbers

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Lottery Results — Powerball, Mega Millions & State Lotto

Winning numbers for **13 US lottery games** in one table: **Powerball** (with Double Play), **Mega Millions**, **Millionaire for Life**, Cash4Life, **NY Lotto**, Take 5, Pick 10, Numbers, Win 4, Quick Draw, **Lotto Texas**, Texas Two Step and Cash Five. Draws come with the **estimated jackpot** and **jackpot winners** where published, history goes back to **1980**, and a **number frequency** mode gives hot and cold numbers for any date range.

**Built for** lottery apps and websites, number-analysis and stats sites, newsletters and chat bots, researchers, and AI agents.

### What you get

**Draws** (one row per draw; midday and evening draws are separate rows):

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `game`, `gameName`, `region` | The game and where it is played |
| `drawDate`, `drawTime`, `drawNumber` | When (`midday` / `evening`, or the Quick Draw time and number) |
| `numbers` | Winning numbers, sorted (digit games keep draw order) |
| `bonus`, `bonusName` | Powerball, Mega Ball, Millionaire Ball, Cash Ball, Bonus Ball |
| `multiplier` | Power Play, Quick Draw Extra |
| `doublePlayNumbers`, `doublePlayBonus` | Powerball Double Play |
| `result` | Numbers and Win 4 as drawn, e.g. `0827` |
| `jackpot`, `jackpotText`, `jackpotWinners`, `rolledOver`, `currency` | Estimated jackpot (top prize for Cash Five) and its winners, last ~12 months (Powerball, Mega Millions, Texas games) |

```json
{
  "game": "powerball",
  "gameName": "Powerball",
  "drawDate": "2026-10-28",
  "numbers": [11, 13, 16, 47, 60],
  "bonus": 13,
  "bonusName": "Powerball",
  "multiplier": 2,
  "doublePlayNumbers": [15, 22, 23, 48, 65],
  "doublePlayBonus": 9,
  "jackpot": 716000000,
  "jackpotText": "$716 Million",
  "jackpotWinners": 0,
  "rolledOver": true,
  "currency": "USD"
}
```

**Number frequency** (one row per number per pool, ranked): `pool` (main, the bonus ball, or digit position), `number`, `timesDrawn`, `rank` (1 = drawn most), `share` of draws, `evenShare` (what pure chance gives), `lastDrawn`, `drawsSinceLast` (0 = in the latest draw), `draws` counted, `from`, `to`.

### Why this Actor

- **13 games, one shape**: nationwide jackpot games plus New York and Texas games.
- **Jackpots and winners**, not only numbers.
- **Hot and cold numbers** for any period, with the even-odds share to compare against.
- **Deep history**: Numbers and Win 4 from 1980, Lotto Texas and Take 5 from 1992, Mega Millions from 2002, Powerball from 2010.
- **New draws once**: *Only new* + a schedule returns each draw a single time.
- **For AI agents.** Callable as an MCP tool.

### How to use it

Latest Powerball and Mega Millions draws with jackpots:

```json
{ "games": ["powerball", "mega-millions"], "daysBack": 14 }
```

Hot and cold Powerball numbers over the last year:

```json
{ "games": ["powerball"], "dataType": "stats" }
```

Every Win 4 draw in 2025:

```json
{ "games": ["ny-win-4"], "dateFrom": "2025-01-01", "dateTo": "2025-12-31" }
```

New draws feed for a bot (schedule daily):

```json
{ "games": ["powerball", "mega-millions", "millionaire-for-life", "ny-lotto", "lotto-texas"], "daysBack": 3, "onlyNew": true }
```

### Options

| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| **Games** (`games`) | `powerball`, `mega-millions`, `millionaire-for-life`, `cash4life`, `ny-lotto`, `take-5`, `pick-10`, `ny-numbers`, `ny-win-4`, `quick-draw`, `lotto-texas`, `texas-two-step`, `cash-five` |
| **Data** (`dataType`) | `draws` or `stats` (number frequency) |
| **Days back** (`daysBack`) | Default 30 for draws, 365 for stats |
| **From date** / **To date** (`dateFrom`, `dateTo`) | Exact range (`YYYY-MM-DD`) |
| **Max rows** (`maxItems`) | Most rows per run, shared fairly across games |
| **Only new** (`onlyNew`, `monitorName`) | With a schedule, each run returns only draws earlier runs did not deliver |

### Pricing

**$3 per 1,000 rows** (draws or number-frequency rows), plus a small start fee per run. On the Apify free plan a run returns up to 100 rows.

### Good to know

- Results come from the official state lottery publications and usually appear within a day of the draw.
- Quick Draw runs every four minutes; times after midnight count on the same draw day and run past 24:00 (e.g. `27:24` = 3:24 am).
- Frequency uses each game's current number range; numbers never drawn in the range show `timesDrawn: 0`.
- Cash4Life ended in February 2026; its history stays available.
- Lottery draws are random: frequency describes the past and does not predict the next draw.
- Questions: **tacps126@gmail.com**.

# Actor input Schema

## `games` (type: `array`):

Which lotteries to read. Powerball and Mega Millions are drawn nationwide; the others are New York or Texas games.

## `dataType` (type: `string`):

One row per draw, or one row per number with how often and how recently it was drawn in the date range.

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

Draws from this many days back. Default 30 for draws, 365 for number frequency.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD. Overrides Days back. History goes back to 1980 (Numbers, Win 4), 1992 (Lotto Texas, Take 5), 2002 (Mega Millions) and 2010 (Powerball).

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD. Default today.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Most rows to return, shared fairly across games.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Schedule the Actor and each run returns only draws earlier runs did not deliver (draws only).

## `monitorName` (type: `string`):

Optional name for the monitoring history, so several monitors can run side by side.

## `tenantId` (type: `string`):

Optional label used to keep separate histories for different clients or teams.

## `debug` (type: `boolean`):

Save extra diagnostics with the run (for support requests).

## `delivery` (type: `object`):

Webhook: {"webhookUrl": "https://…", "format": "json" | "slack" | "discord", "onlyWhenResults": true, "includeItems": 10}. Google Sheets: {"spreadsheetId": "<id from the sheet URL>", "sheetName": "Sheet1"} plus the service account key below; share the sheet with the service account's e-mail first. Leave empty to only save results in the dataset.

## `googleServiceAccountJson` (type: `string`):

Only for Google Sheets delivery: paste the service account's JSON key. Stored encrypted; the account sees only sheets you share with it.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "games": [
    "powerball",
    "mega-millions"
  ],
  "dataType": "draws",
  "maxItems": 1000,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "debug": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

The produced items (default dataset items).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "games": [
        "powerball",
        "mega-millions"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tacps126/lottery-results").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "games": [
        "powerball",
        "mega-millions",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tacps126/lottery-results").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "games": [
    "powerball",
    "mega-millions"
  ]
}' |
apify call tacps126/lottery-results --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tacps126/lottery-results"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/o0SR33C3e0jd4e4zG/builds/MzODxOUKRICJTgAo4/openapi.json