Powerball Website Faces Multiple Outages Amid Record Jackpot Interest

Powerball’s official website experienced intermittent downtime across several peak hours on Saturday, Sept. 6, as millions of players checked the $1.8 billion jackpot drawing live.

The outages disrupted access to live results and ticket-checking features, underscoring the strain on Powerball.com during one of the highest-traffic lottery events of the year.

With the jackpot swelling to the second-largest in U.S. history, traffic volumes surged beyond the site’s server capacity, triggering brief but repeated service interruptions. Lottery officials acknowledged the issues and urged users to remain patient as technical teams worked to restore full functionality.

Key outage incidents on Sept. 6 (Pacific Time):

09:00 AM: Complete site unresponsive
01:13 PM: Website offline at peak midday check-ins
09:21 PM: Service dropped moments before the drawing livestream

Following each disruption, the site returned with normal response times within minutes, allowing lottery enthusiasts to verify numbers and watch the live broadcast. Powerball representatives cited “unprecedented traffic spikes” and pledged infrastructure upgrades to prevent future interruptions.

Even brief outages can impact millions of hopeful players across 45 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, where online access is a primary method for result confirmation. As the jackpot reset to $20 million for Monday’s drawing, officials reminded players that ticket sales cut off at 10:00 PM ET and recommended keeping paper tickets safe as a backup.

Despite technical hiccups, the Powerball drawing proceeded as scheduled at 10:59 PM ET, with winning numbers announced via state lottery channels and televised partners, ensuring no delay in prize distribution.