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Celebrate National Lottery Day on July 17 by playing the lottery in the luckiest state

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Celebrate National Lottery Day on July 17 by playing the lottery in the luckiest state

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If National Lottery Day on July 17 isn’t enough of a reason to buy a ticket, will Delaware being the luckiest lottery state do the trick? 

Casino.ca, a Canadian online casino website, gathered data on state winners for Powerball and Mega Millions and combined it with United States Census data to rank the luckiest and unluckiest states for lottery winners across America.

The report found that Delaware is the No. 1 state where you’re most likely to win the lottery, tied for first place with Maryland.  

Delaware has an average win rate of 10 people per 1,000,000, 281% higher than the national average. Delaware has had 10 Powerball winners over the last 32 years (when both lotteries began) and zero Mega Millions winners.  

Maryland has an average win rate of 10 people per 1,000,000 people, with three Powerball winners and 11 Mega Millions winners.  

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The rest of the top 10 luckiest lottery states are:  

  • New Hampshire at No. 2 with an average win rate of 8.5 people per 1,000,000. The state has 11 Powerball winners and one Mega Millions winner.

  • Rhode Island at No. 3 with an average win rate of 8.2 people per 1,000,000. The state has eight Powerball winners and one Mega Millions winner.
  • Indiana at No. 4 with an average win rate of 5.9 people per 1,000,000. The state has 39 Powerball winners and two Mega Millions winners.
  • Missouri at No. 5 with an average win rate of 5.3 people per 1,000,000. The state has 31 Powerball winners and two Mega Millions winners.
  • West Virginia at No. 6 with an average win rate of 5.1 people per 1,000,000. The state has nine Powerball winners and zero Mega Millions winners.
  • Nebraska at No. 7 with an average win rate of 5 people per 1,000,000. The state has 10 Powerball winners and zero Mega Millions winners.
  • Kansas at No. 8 with an average win rate of 4.4 people per 1,000,000. The state has 12 Powerball winners and one Mega Millions winner.
  • Kentucky tied with Kansas at No. 8 with an average win rate of 4.4 people per 1,000,000. The state has 18 Powerball winners and zero Mega Millions winners.
  • Minnesota at No. 9 with an average win rate of 4 people per 1,000,000. The state has 22 Powerball winners and one Mega Millions winner.
  • New Jersey at No. 10 with an average win rate of 3.8 people per 1,000,000. The state has 11 Powerball winners and 24 Mega Millions winners.

Got a tip or a story idea? Contact Krys’tal Griffin at kgriffin@delawareonline.com. 

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