Four lottery players bound for NASCAR Championship Weekend and $1 million drawing
$1 million drawing to be broadcast live from Phoenix Raceway on Nov. 10 on NBC
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JOHNSTON, Iowa (Nov. 3, 2024) – Four lottery players are headed to NASCAR Championship Weekend™ at Phoenix Raceway®, Nov. 8-10, for the chance to win $1 million in person! NASCAR® and Powerball® announced today, during the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway, the four finalists who have won a VIP trip for two to NASCAR Championship Weekend™ and entry into the $1 million drawing.
The four lottery players eliminated from the NASCAR Powerball Playoff have each won $7,500, they include:
Each finalist has a 1 in 4 chance of winning the $1 million prize in the next and final drawing of the national Powerball promotion. The $1 million drawing will be broadcast live on NBC during pre-race coverage of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race™ on Sunday, Nov. 10 starting at 2 p.m. ET. Green flag is slated for 3 p.m. ET on NBC.
The VIP trip includes roundtrip airfare for two to Phoenix, Ariz., three nights hotel accommodations – double occupancy, two Ally Curve Hospitality Club passes for both the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race on Nov. 9 and the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race on Nov. 10, two passes for VIP experiences at Phoenix Raceway during the NASCAR Championship Weekend including Cup Series™ VIP access, NASCAR team hauler tour, MRN radio booth tour, pace car rides, Victory Lane access, welcome dinner and all meals, and ground transportation to scheduled events and activities.
The four lottery players eliminated from the NASCAR Powerball Playoff have each won $7,500, they include:
The lottery players entered the national Powerball promotion through one of 27 participating state lotteries. Participating lotteries held in-state contests and second-chance drawings throughout the 2024 NASCAR regular season to form a national pool of entrants. Sixteen lottery players were randomly selected from the national pool in a preliminary drawing to advance to a series of Playoff-style drawings, with cash prizes awarded to all 16 lottery players based on their elimination position.
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Powerball Playoff Drawings |
Date |
Race Announcement |
Notes |
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Round of 16 |
Sept. 1 |
Cook Out Southern 500, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC |
16 semi-finalists advance |
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Round of 12 |
Sept. 21 |
Bass Pro Shops Night Race, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN |
12 semi-finalists advance 4 eliminated win $2,500 |
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Round of 8 |
Oct. 13 |
Bank of America ROVAL™ 400, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC |
8 semi-finalists advance 4 eliminated win $5,000 |
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Championship 4 |
Nov. 3 |
Xfinity 500, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA |
4 finalists advance & win VIP trip 4 eliminated win $7,500 |
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$1 Million Championship |
Nov. 10 |
NASCAR Cup Series Championship, Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, AZ |
(1) $1 million winner (3) $10,000 winners |
Lotteries that participated in the 2024 NASCAR Powerball Playoff include Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hoosier (Indiana), Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Players can follow the NASCAR Powerball Playoff on Facebook, Instagram, and online at Powerball.com.
NASCAR® is a registered trademark of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC. Copyright ©2024 National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC. All Rights Reserved. NASCAR®, LLC is not a sponsor of this promotion.
About Powerball
Powerball® holds the current world record for largest national lottery jackpot at $2.04 billion. Since its first drawing in 1992, the game has helped generate more than $32 billion for good causes supported by U.S. lotteries. More than half of all proceeds from the sale of a Powerball ticket remain in the jurisdiction where the ticket was sold. Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball drawings are broadcast live every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET from the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee. Powerball drawings are also live streamed on Powerball.com.
About NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States and owner of 14 of the nation’s major motorsports entertainment facilities. NASCAR sanctions races in three national series (NASCAR Cup Series™, NASCAR Xfinity Series™, and NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series™), four international series (NASCAR Brasil Sprint Race, NASCAR Canada Series, NASCAR Mexico Series, NASCAR Whelen Euro Series), four regional series (ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East & West and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour) and a local grassroots series (NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series). The International Motor Sports Association™ (IMSA®) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship™, the premier U.S. sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics, and ONE DAYTONA. Based in Daytona Beach, Florida, with offices in five cities across North America, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races annually in 11 countries and more than 30 U.S. states.
For more information visit www.NASCAR.com and www.IMSA.com, and follow NASCAR on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, X and Snapchat.
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