Pennsylvania Lottery and Powerball® officials announced today that for the third consecutive year they are teaming up to present the Pennsylvania Lottery’s Second-Chance Drawing and special Online Prize Drawing for the NASCAR Powerball Playoff™.
Forty-five lucky Pennsylvania winners from these two separate drawings will be entered into a national drawing for a chance to win a VIP Experience Prize Trip to NASCAR Championship Weekend™ at Phoenix Raceway® from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, 2025, for a chance to win $1,000,000. The 35 winners from the Second-Chance Drawing will also win a cash prize of $2,000, and the 10 winners from the Online Prize Drawing will win $200 in bonus money to play the PA Lottery online.
Here’s a breakdown of the two drawings:
Second-Chance Drawing
Between now and June 5, 2025, Pennsylvania Lottery players can enter both winning and non-winning qualifying Powerball® Draw Game tickets purchased in-store from a licensed PA Lottery retailer. Each $1 in purchase price will award one entry. Players must submit their qualifying ticket information at palottery.com or the PA Lottery Official App. Mailed entries will not be accepted. Online purchases are not eligible for the Second-Chance Drawing.
Online Prize Drawing
Between now and June 5, 2025, Powerball® Draw Game plays purchased online, including subscriptions, are eligible for entry into the Online Prize Drawing. Players who purchase $2 to $26 during the entry period will receive 20 entries, while players who purchase $27 or more will receive 60 entries. The number of entries is capped at 60 during the entry period.
Here is how the NASCAR Powerball® Playoff™ will work:
- 45 semifinalists will be selected from all entries in the Pennsylvania Lottery’s drawings:
- 35 from the Second-Chance Drawing
- 10 from the Online Prize Drawing
- 35 semifinalists from the Second-Chance Drawing will receive a cash prize of $2,000 from the PA Lottery and be entered in a national drawing for a chance to win the VIP Experience Prize Trip for a chance to win $1 million.
- 10 Online Prize Drawing winners will receive $200 in bonus money to play the PA Lottery online and be entered in a national drawing for a chance to win the VIP Experience Prize Trip for a chance to win $1 million.
- From all participating U.S. lotteries, 16 semifinalists will be drawn to advance to the Powerball® Playoff drawings, with no more than one semifinalist per lottery advancing.
- The 16 semifinalists will be announced during the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, August 23.
- The 16 semifinalists will then go head-to-head in a series of drawings coinciding with the elimination rounds of the NASCAR Playoffs.
- After the fourth drawing, four semifinalists remaining in the playoffs will win a VIP trip to the NASCAR Championship Weekend™ at Phoenix Raceway, Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2025, and advance as finalists to the $1 million drawing.
- Cash prizes will be awarded to all 16 national semifinalists based on their elimination position.
Including Pennsylvania, 28 U.S. lotteries are participating in the NASCAR Powerball® Playoff promotion. Additional lotteries may choose to participate before the Powerball® Playoff drawings.
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