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Powerball combo entries: how many games you get and what they cost in WA

A combo entry, which Lotterywest calls a System, plays every seven-number combination of the numbers you mark. A Powerpik puts all 20 Powerballs on your ticket. Here you’ll find how many games each entry holds, its price in WA according to Lotterywest’s price list, and what it wins when your numbers come up. A System 8 is eight games for $12.55. Near the end, what a system does to your odds, and where to buy a Powerball entry.

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Contents
  1. What a combo entry is
  2. System prices in WA
  3. Powerpik prices in WA
  4. What a system wins
  5. What a system does to your odds
  6. Where to buy a Powerball entry

What a Powerball combo entry is

A standard Powerball game is seven main numbers and one Powerball. A System entry lets you mark more or fewer main numbers, and Lotterywest describes it as playing every possible combination of them. Mark eight numbers and you get every seven-number set they make: eight games, in the same draw and the same nine divisions.

Systems cover barrel A only. Lotterywest’s game guide says you can’t choose extra Powerball numbers on a System, so every game on the ticket carries the one Powerball you marked. Powerpik, further down, is the entry that holds all 20.

A system costs the same as the same number of standard games. In Lotterywest’s price list, a System 8 and eight standard games are both $12.55, and a System 6 and 29 standard games are both $45.45. The prices include the retailer’s commission.

Powerball system prices in WA

A System 8 costs $12.55 in WA — here’s the table, from Lotterywest’s Powerball price list for one draw, checked on 27 September 2026. The System 8 is also the cheapest system on the list.

EntryMain numbers you markGamesPrice in WA
System 55435$682.10
System 6629$45.45
System 888$12.55
System 9936$56.45
System 1010120$188.15
System 1111330$517.45
System 1212792$1,241.85

Systems 5 and 6 work the other way round. You mark fewer than seven numbers, and the system fills the gaps with every other number in the barrel. A System 6 adds each of the 29 numbers you didn’t mark, so it holds 29 games. A System 5 adds every pair from the other 30: 435 games.

Above seven numbers, each extra number multiplies the games: nine numbers give 36, twelve give 792. The price list says systems run up to System 19 but prints prices only up to System 12. Lotterywest’s FAQ gives the range as Systems 8 to 20, so confirm the largest size when you buy.

Powerpik: every Powerball on one ticket

Powerpik is exclusive to Powerball. In Lotterywest’s words, it “gives you all 20 numbers from barrel B on your ticket, meaning you automatically have the winning Powerball number”. Each set of main numbers is played once with every Powerball, so a Powerpik holds 20 times the games of the matching entry.

EntryMain numbers you markGamesPrice in WA
Powerpik 66580$909.45
Powerpik 7720$31.35
Powerpik 88160$250.90
Powerpik 99720$1,128.95

A Powerpik 8, for example, is the System 8 played with every Powerball: 8 games times 20, or 160.

A Powerpik 7 costs $31.35, the price of 20 standard games. Either way you hold 20 games, and each one has the same 1 in 134,490,400 chance of Division 1. What changes is how the lower divisions fall, which the next section covers.

The price list says Powerpiks go up to Powerpik 13, while the FAQ lists Powerpik 5 and 6 and 8 to 14. If you buy outside WA, check what your seller calls this entry and what it charges; we haven’t verified those prices.

What a system wins when your numbers come up

A system pays every winning game on it, so one draw can pay several divisions at once. Take a System 8 where seven of your eight numbers are drawn, along with your Powerball. One game holds all seven: Division 1. The other seven games each hold six plus the Powerball: seven Division 3 prizes.

With six winning numbers among your eight, plus the Powerball, the same System 8 holds two games with six winning numbers and six games with five. That’s two Division 3 prizes and six Division 5 prizes from one entry.

A Powerpik works differently, because one of its games always carries the drawn Powerball. With a Powerpik 7, two or more winning numbers win at least Division 9 in that game. The other 19 games can still win the three divisions that don’t need the Powerball: Divisions 2, 4 and 7.

Lotterywest publishes a separate prize guide for Powerball System and Powerpik entries, linked in the sources below. What each division pays on the night is in the Powerball prizes and divisions guide.

What a system does to your odds

A system doesn’t change the odds of any single game. It buys more games, and each one is a separate 1 in 134,490,400 chance of Division 1. A System 12 holds 792 games, so it gives you 792 of those chances for $1,241.85 in WA. A standard two-game ticket at $3.15 gives you two.

The cost rises in step with the game count, so the real question is how many games you want to pay for. In my work syndicate we settle that amount before anyone marks a number. The play responsibly page has free help and simple ways to set limits.

Outside WA and Queensland, Oz Lotteries sells Powerball entries online for Thursday’s draw. The prices on this page are Lotterywest’s WA prices, so compare them with the seller’s before you pay.

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Where to buy a Powerball entry

In WA, Lotterywest sells Powerball through its retailers, website and app, and says a ticket costs the same in store or online.

On a paper playslip, its FAQ says you mark the System number first, then that many numbers in the Pick 7 section. For a Powerpik, you also mark the POWERPIK box and leave the Pick 1 section blank.

Lotterywest closes sales at 6:00 pm AWST on Thursday, which is 8:00 pm AEST, or 9:00 pm AEDT in NSW, Victoria, the ACT and Tasmania from 4 October.

Elsewhere, Oz Lotteries is an authorised online reseller of The Lottery Corporation’s national games in every state and territory except WA and Queensland. After the draw, the latest Powerball results show the winning numbers and what every division paid.

Questions people ask

What is a Powerball combo?

It’s a System entry: you mark more or fewer than seven main numbers and play every seven-number combination they make. A System 8 is eight games for $12.55 in WA, according to Lotterywest’s price list.

How much is a System 9 in Powerball?

$56.45 in WA for 36 games, according to Lotterywest’s price list checked on 27 September 2026. We haven’t verified prices outside WA.

What is a Powerpik?

A Powerball entry with all 20 Powerballs on the ticket, so one game always carries the drawn Powerball. A Powerpik 7 is 20 games for $31.35 in WA.

When is the Powerball draw?

Every Thursday. Lotterywest closes sales at 6:00 pm AWST, which is 8:00 pm AEST, or 9:00 pm AEDT in NSW, Victoria, the ACT and Tasmania from 4 October.

Are Powerball winnings taxed?

Recreational gambling winnings are not taxed in Australia (ATO ruling IT 2655). A System or Powerpik win is treated like any other.

Is buying from Oz Lotteries different from buying from The Lott?

Oz Lotteries is an authorised reseller of The Lottery Corporation, which runs the national games everywhere except WA, so its entries go into the same draw. It doesn’t sell to WA or Queensland residents.

Sources

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