Powerball on Television & Entertainment

Explore Powerball in entertainment

The strongest documented relationships fall into distinct areas. Each can support a deeper reference without turning this hub into one long entertainment article.

National television promotion New Year's Rockin' Eve & Powerball

Powerball's long-running New Year's Eve relationship with the televised Times Square celebration and its live $1 million reveal.

Detailed reference in this section →

Hosts & personalities People Who Have Presented Powerball

Presenters, correspondents and entertainment personalities with documented on-air roles in Powerball promotions and broadcasts.

Includes Jessie James Decker and others →

Broadcast history Powerball on Television

Drawing broadcasts, televised promotions and the ways Powerball has appeared on U.S. television beyond ordinary jackpot news coverage.

Broadcast reference →

Powerball and New Year's Eve

The clearest entertainment relationship is the First Millionaire of the Year promotion, which placed a national Powerball prize reveal inside one of America's best-known annual television broadcasts.

2019The first promotion was announced ahead of the 2020 New Year's broadcast.

$1 millionThe headline prize awarded just after midnight.

ABCThe winner reveal appeared during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.

Notable people in Powerball entertainment promotions

A person's connection should be documented precisely. Appearing in a Powerball promotion is different from endorsing the lottery generally.

2019–22Jessie James DeckerCountry artist and television personality announced the inaugural First Powerball Millionaire of the Year and returned as Powerball correspondent for subsequent New Year's Eve promotions.

OngoingPowerball drawing presentersOfficial drawings are broadcast live from the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee and are also livestreamed by Powerball.

MLL reference rule: this section should distinguish between an official host, correspondent, performer, advertising participant, fictional reference and an actual Powerball endorsement. Those are not the same relationship.

Powerball television & entertainment timeline

A short chronology of the strongest nationally documented television relationship identified so far.

2019Promotion announcedPowerball and Dick Clark Productions announce Jessie James Decker will reveal the first First Powerball Millionaire of the Year during the 2020 New Year's Eve broadcast.

2020First $1m winnerBlaine Marston of Maine becomes the inaugural winner during ABC's live New Year's Rockin' Eve broadcast.

2021–23Annual promotion continuesPowerball continues the New Year's television promotion, with finalists and winners drawn from participating lottery jurisdictions.

2023Fifth consecutive year announcedDick Clark Productions and Powerball announce the fifth consecutive First Millionaire of the Year promotion for the 2024 New Year's broadcast.

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Primary-source basis for this hub:

Powerball — Jessie James Decker / inaugural First Millionaire announcement ↗
Powerball — inaugural 2020 winner record ↗
Powerball — fifth consecutive promotion announcement ↗
Powerball — official drawing broadcast information ↗