The short answer. SuperLotto Plus is the California Lottery’s own jackpot game.
Each line is five numbers from 1–47 plus one Mega number from 1–27, drawn from a separate
set. It draws every Wednesday and Saturday at 7:57 PM Pacific, which is 10:57 PM Eastern, so in the UAE
and India the result arrives early on Thursday and Sunday mornings.
How does SuperLotto Plus work?
SuperLotto Plus format and schedule | Game | You pick | Drawn | Draw time |
|---|
| SuperLotto Plus |
5 numbers from 1–47 + Mega 1–27 |
Wednesday and Saturday |
10:57 PM ET |
If you already know Powerball, you know the shape of this game. There are two sets of balls. Five
numbers come from the first set, numbered 1 to 47, and one Mega number comes from a second set, numbered
1 to 27. Your line needs all five main numbers and the Mega for the jackpot. Everything below the
jackpot depends on how many of the five you match and whether you also caught the Mega.
Because the two sets are separate, the Mega can carry a number already among the five. A result where the
same figure appears twice is not a mistake. It also means the Mega has to be checked on its own: your Mega
number is compared with the drawn Mega and nothing else, and your five main numbers are compared with the
drawn five and nothing else.
The game belongs to California. It is run by the California Lottery rather than by a group of states,
which is the main thing that sets it apart from the multi-state games it resembles. Prize amounts and
claim rules are the California Lottery’s to publish, and we do not reproduce them.
Most recent SuperLotto Plus draw on record: 7 Oct 2026 — 19, 25, 27, 33, 37 + M 9.
That line shows how we write every SuperLotto Plus result: the five main numbers in ascending order,
then a plus sign, the letter M and the Mega. Other listings may put the Mega in a coloured circle or a
separate column, but the content is the same, five and one. When you copy a result into a message for
someone checking a ticket at home, keep the plus sign or say “Mega” out loud. A list of six
numbers with no marker is exactly how a Mega ends up being read as a sixth main number, and a ticket that
won something at the lower levels gets thrown away.
Is the Mega the same as the Mega Ball in Mega Millions?
Two games that share a word
The similar names cause real confusion. SuperLotto Plus calls its extra ball the Mega; Mega Millions
calls its extra ball the Mega Ball. They are different balls in different games, drawn on different
nights by different operators.
Different pools, different nights
The SuperLotto Plus Mega comes from 1 to 27 and is drawn on Wednesday and Saturday. The Mega Millions
Mega Ball comes from 1 to 24 and is drawn on Tuesday and Friday. A ticket from one can never be checked
against the other’s result, and the draw day on the slip settles which one you are holding.
What are the SuperLotto Plus jackpot odds?
SuperLotto Plus top-prize odds: there are 1,533,939 ways to choose 5 numbers from 1–47, and the Mega is drawn from a separate pool of 27, so matching everything is 1 in 41,416,353. This is arithmetic on the game’s format, not a claim about any draw.
That is a much shorter figure than the two multi-state games of the same shape. Powerball’s jackpot
odds are roughly 7 times longer, and Mega Millions’ roughly
7 times longer. The reason is entirely in the pools. SuperLotto Plus
draws its five from 47 rather than from around 70, and the gap between those two main pools is enormous
once you count the combinations. Its Mega pool of 27 is actually a little larger than either
multi-state bonus pool, but that cannot make up for the smaller main set.
Shorter odds do not make any single draw easier to predict. Each SuperLotto Plus draw is independent; a
Mega that has not appeared for a month is not due, and a run of low numbers says nothing about the next
one. The frequency counts on our lucky numbers page cover this game too, next
to a plain measurement showing they do no better than a random pick.
What time is SuperLotto Plus in the UAE and India?
The SuperLotto Plus draw in your local time | Game | Local draw time | UAE (GST) | India (IST) | Pakistan (PKT) | UK |
|---|
| SuperLotto Plus |
10:57 PM ET |
6:57 AM (next day) |
8:27 AM (next day) |
7:57 AM (next day) |
3:57 AM (next day) |
Converted for 8 October 2026. US clocks change in March and November, which moves every US draw by an hour against the Gulf and India; this table is recalculated every time the page loads.
California draws on its own clock. The California Lottery sets the draw at 7:57 PM Pacific, and the table
above shows it as 10:57 PM Eastern because that is the one clock every US game on this site can be lined up
on. Pacific and Eastern time change their clocks on the same dates and stay three hours apart all year,
so the only shift you will see here is the single hour when the whole US changes in March and November. The California results page carries a
live Pacific clock if you would rather see it in California’s own time.
In practice, the result lands in the UAE on Thursday and Sunday mornings, just before Powerball’s.
It is not alone on those nights. Wednesday and Saturday are the busiest nights in the US schedule: besides
SuperLotto Plus, Powerball, New York Lotto, Florida Lotto, Lotto Texas, Lotto America, Ohio Classic Lotto and Michigan Lotto 47 all draw on both of them.
If you follow several of these, Thursday and Sunday mornings are when the results cluster; our guide to
US lottery draw times in India and the UAE lays the
whole night out in one table.
How do I check a SuperLotto Plus ticket?
- Confirm the ticket is SuperLotto Plus and not Mega Millions or California Fantasy 5; the game name and the
draw day on the slip settle it.
- Read the US draw date. A Saturday draw is the result you see on Sunday morning in the Gulf or India.
- Open the SuperLotto Plus results page and find that date.
- Count how many of your five main numbers are among the five drawn, in any order.
- Compare your Mega number with the drawn Mega only.
- Check what that combination pays with the California Lottery, and confirm any win with them directly.
The commonest slip is step five done wrong in either direction: counting your Mega as a sixth main number,
or counting a main number as a Mega match because it happens to equal the drawn Mega. Keep the two sets
apart and the check takes seconds. The Powerball guide uses the same
method, and for the same reason, if you also hold tickets for that game.
An independent results site. We are not the California Lottery and we do not sell SuperLotto Plus
tickets. Results here are for reference and do not confirm a prize. Whether you can buy or claim a ticket
from where you are depends on where you are; ask the official operator. Play only what you can afford.
