Powerball Xs & Os Sets $1 Million Starting Jackpot for New Team-Selection Draw Game

Powerball Xs & Os will introduce a $5 draw game built around team selection on September 8, 2026, with an estimated starting jackpot of $1 million and a first drawing scheduled for September 13.

Players will choose eight teams from a field of 32 for each play. The format creates 10,518,300 possible eight-team combinations, matching the published jackpot odds of 1 in 10,518,300 when one selected combination matches the winning result.

The game’s prize structure also includes four fixed-match tiers. A ticket matching seven of the eight selected teams pays $20,000, while matching six pays $500. Tickets matching five teams receive $40, and tickets matching four receive $7, subject to the game’s rules.

The overall odds of winning any prize are listed as 1 in 12.16. That figure covers the available prize tiers rather than the jackpot alone, and lower-tier prizes may become pari-mutuel in some circumstances.

Drawings are scheduled weekly on Sundays at 10 p.m. Eastern Time. The winning results will be determined through the lottery drawing and will not be based on or depend on the outcomes of football games, despite the team-selection format.

Powerball’s launch also includes a national promotional program for eligible winning and non-winning tickets. Those tickets can be entered for football-related prizes without an additional participation fee, giving non-winning plays a separate opportunity beyond the game’s regular prize chart.

Ticket sales begin September 8, four days before the first scheduled drawing. The game is identified for launch across 24 jurisdictions, including Arizona, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont and West Virginia.

As drawings begin, readers can follow the game’s future outcomes through LotteryCoast’s latest lottery results page. The launch establishes the starting jackpot, prize tiers and draw schedule, while later drawings will determine how the new format performs in practice.