Lottery Number Generator
| Game | White balls | Bonus ball | Jackpot odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| PowerBall | 5 from 69 | 1 from 26 | 1 in 292,201,338 |
| Mega Millions | 5 from 70 | 1 from 25 | 1 in 302,575,350 |
Pick your game, set the number of lines, and generate: five white balls from the right pool plus the red or gold bonus ball, sorted, per official PowerBall (5 from 69 + 1 from 26) and Mega Millions (5 from 70 + 1 from 25) rules - the same draw structure the terminal uses for a quick pick.
Bottom line: every line this page produces has exactly the same chance as every other line, including the one you would have agonized over. PowerBall's jackpot odds are 1 in 292,201,338; Mega Millions' are 1 in 302,575,350 - printed in the table below and in our dedicated lottery odds calculator. A generator cannot move those numbers; what it can do is give you a legally distinct, instantly generated set of picks without the playslip bubble-sheet ritual.
The honest part: no pattern, streak, hot number or generator improves your odds - each draw is independent and every combination is equally likely, which is exactly why the table below shows the real combinatorics instead of lucky rituals. The one small, real advantage of picking your own numbers is personal: it guarantees you will not share a jackpot with everyone who picked the same birthday cluster (1-31), which changes your expected payout, never your chance of winning.
How to use
- Choose your game - PowerBall or Mega Millions - and how many lines you want, from one to ten.
- Press Generate: five distinct white balls (sorted) plus the bonus ball appear per line, following the official pools.
- Copy the lines to your playslip or notes, and read the real odds math in the odds calculator before you spend more than your fun budget.
Frequently asked questions
Can a lottery number generator improve my odds of winning?
No, and any generator claiming otherwise is selling something. Every draw is independent and every combination of five white balls plus the bonus ball has identical probability - PowerBall 1 in 292,201,338, Mega Millions 1 in 302,575,350. What a generator changes is convenience and, marginally, collision risk: machine-generated picks scatter across the whole number space, while human picks cluster on birthdays (1-31) and patterns, so a human-picked winner is more likely to split the jackpot. Your chance of winning is identical either way.
What is the difference between PowerBall and Mega Millions rules?
Both draw five white balls plus one bonus ball, but the pools differ: PowerBall draws its five from 69 and the Powerball from 26; Mega Millions draws five from 70 and the Megaball from 25. The pool sizes are why the jackpots' odds differ - 292,201,338 versus 302,575,350 - and why this generator has a game switch instead of a single hard-coded pool. Both games also moved to their current formats in October 2015, which is when those odds were set.
What is a quick pick?
The lottery terminal's own random generator - it prints a line of numbers instead of letting you mark the playslip. It is the dominant way tickets are bought precisely because it is effortless, and the winners it produces are indistinguishable in probability from hand-picked lines. This page is a quick pick you run yourself: same uniform random draw, same odds, one fewer queue at the store - you copy the numbers onto your slip.
Can the same numbers come up twice, or should I avoid past winning numbers?
Past draws have zero influence on future ones - balls have no memory, so last night's winning line is exactly as likely tonight as any other line. And yes, identical lines can repeat across draws; with hundreds of millions of combinations, the probability that some pair of draws eventually matches is surprisingly high, a textbook example of the birthday paradox at lottery scale. Avoiding 'used' numbers is pattern-matching with no mathematical content.