UNITED KINGDOM — The Multi-State Lottery Association and Allwyn UK announced an agreement to expand Powerball to players in England, Scotland and other parts of the United Kingdom this summer. The deal is subject to approval by a U.K. gambling commission before the launch can proceed.

The expansion will mark the first time a lottery outside the United States contributes to the Powerball jackpot. The same jackpot amount will be available to players on both sides of the Atlantic, with U.S. payouts in dollars and U.K. payouts in pounds.

"We're constantly looking for ways to make sure that we're keeping Powerball culturally and commercially relevant. And this really is the next natural progression in doing just that," said Matt Strawn, chief executive of the Iowa Lottery. He said player surveys had shaped the push for larger prizes.

"Players consistently tell us in survey after survey that faster growing Powerball jackpots is what they'd like to see. Not surprisingly, the higher the jackpots grow the more people play the game in a particular drawing," Strawn said.

Andria Vidler, chief executive of Allwyn UK, described the company's plans for the National Lottery. "Our ambition is to bring more games, more innovation and more excitement to The UK National Lottery — and it doesn't get more exciting than Powerball, with its transformative jackpots and life-changing contribution to good causes," she said.

For U.K. players, Powerball will offer a chance at much larger jackpots than are available at lotteries in the United Kingdom and Europe. The largest Powerball payout was just over $2 billion from a ticket bought in California in 2022, while EuroMillions paid its largest prize of £195 million ($265 million) to a U.K. player in 2022. More than 31 million people play at least one National Lottery game each year across the United Kingdom.

For players in the United States, the cost of a Powerball ticket will remain $2 and the odds of winning the jackpot will remain 1 in 292.2 million. Players choose five numbers from 1 to 69 and one Powerball number from 1 to 26, with drawings held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Powerball is played in 45 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Although jackpots will be the same in each country, estimated jackpot amounts will be different due to currency conversion rates and because the United States advertises prize amounts pretax, unlike in the United Kingdom. U.K. Powerball jackpots will be paid over 30 years, while U.S. jackpot winners may choose between an annuity spread over years or a one-time cash payment. Smaller prize amounts will differ between the U.S. and U.K. versions of the game. The new agreement will not change how Mega Millions operates.