Editorial Standards & Corrections

What we're trying to do

Show accurate US lottery results quickly, and explain the rules around them plainly: how games work, what prizes pay, how winnings are taxed and claimed. We don't sell tickets, predict numbers or tell anyone whether to play.

Results data

Winning numbers, jackpots and prize tiers come from a commercial lottery results feed that collects them from the official lotteries. An automated job checks the feed every two minutes and saves new results. This is fully automated: nobody compares each result with the state lottery's website by hand. Feeds occasionally carry errors, so always confirm a winning ticket with the official lottery before you rely on it.

How the guides are written

The guides on the blog are drafted and revised with AI writing tools. We use AI because the facts these guides cover are scattered across dozens of state lottery websites, statutes and tax publications. AI helps us gather them, compare them and keep them in a consistent format.

Google's guidance on AI content is clear that generated text can be confidently wrong, so we treat every draft as unverified until it has been checked:

• Every price, odds figure, prize amount, draw time, deadline, tax rate and legal rule is looked up in a primary source before it is published. Those sources are state lottery websites, Powerball.com, MegaMillions.com, state statutes, state tax agencies and the IRS.
• Anything that can't be traced to a source is cut, or attributed to whoever said it ("according to the Texas Lottery…").
• The sources used are listed at the end of each post.
• We don't invent people, quotes, winners, experiences or statistics. Posts are published under the site's name, not a made-up author.

All 100 guides were rewritten and rechecked against current official sources in October 2026. A post's "Updated" date changes only when its content actually changes.

Statistics and Quick Picks

Hot, cold and overdue numbers are simple counts over each game's last 50 draws. Quick Picks are random. Neither predicts anything; past draws don't influence future ones. The methodology page has the formulas.

Independence

Lottery Atlas isn't affiliated with any lottery, the Multi-State Lottery Association, a courier app or a retailer. We don't accept payment, gifts or sponsored content, and we don't use affiliate links. When a guide mentions a commercial service, the mention isn't paid for. The site runs no advertising.

Corrections

• If a guide gets a material fact wrong (a prize, a tax rate, a law, a deadline), we correct it and add a dated note to the post saying what changed.
• Typos and small wording fixes are made without a note.
• If the results feed shows a wrong number, we fix the stored result once we know about it.
• We correct posts in place rather than deleting them.

If you spot an error, email hello@lotteryatlas.com with the page address and what looks wrong.

What this site isn't

• Not a prediction service. No system can pick lottery numbers. Here's why hot and cold numbers don't help.
• Not financial, legal or tax advice. The guides help you understand the rules and know what to ask a professional.
• Not the official record. The state lottery's own results and rules always win.