Each lottery game has a cutoff time that determines the deadline to purchase tickets. This ensures all purchased tickets are processed and accounted for before the winning numbers are drawn. Cutoff times for most games are set to 1 hour before the drawing for that game*
Any tickets purchased after the cutoff time will be included in the next scheduled drawing
of that game instead, so we encourage you to purchase your tickets early!
*Powerball cutoff is an hour and a half before the draw
