The PokerStars Ticket Machine is back, as the operator builds up to the 20th Anniversary of the Sunday Million, online poker’s most iconic tournament.
The $5,000,000 Guaranteed Anniversary Sunday Million is set to be the biggest poker tournament on PokerStars this year, and one of the biggest events in all of online poker for 2026, and Phase 1 flights are already running.
With PokerStars Ticket Machine, players will be given a chance to win thousands of $109 Daily Heat tickets, as a total of $800,000 in tickets will be given away over the next eight weeks.
If you are looking to take a shot at the 20th Anniversary Sunday Million, keep reading, find out more about the weekly challenges, and earn your PokerStars Ticket Machine entries through regular play on the platform.
Two Months of Sunday Million Ticket Raffles
Two exciting months of action await at PokerStars, as the operator is giving away $100,000 in Sunday Million tickets every single week.
In order to compete for the tickets to $109 Daily Heats, all you need to do is OPT IN for the promotion via your challenges page and complete one or more weekly challenges. For each challenge completed, you will get one entry to that week’s PokerStars Ticket Machine raffle.
It’s worth noting that there are six challenges to complete each week, and you can qualify for each one up to four times, for a total maximum of 24 Ticket Machine entries every week.
In order to get your Ticket Machine entries, you can complete the following challenges:
- Play two MTTs
- Play one Sunday Million 20th Anniversary Heat (Phase 1)
- Knock out five players in Spin & Gos
- Play 75 Zoom Hands
- Play 25 All-In Poker Hands
- Play 100 Cash Game Hands
As you can see, even players who play just one game format and put in some volume will get up to four Ticket Machine entries with ease. If you want to maximize your chances, explore the different games and complete each challenge four times, for a maximum of 24 entries.
Remember, the more entries you win, the more opportunities you will have to win a Daily Heat ticket for the week, and play for your shot in the final Phase 2 of the 20th Anniversary Sunday Million on September 6.
The more you play at PokerStars over the next two months, the more chances you have to play the biggest tournament of the year for free!
Join Thousands of Qualifiers in the Biggest Tournament of 2026
This year, PokerStars marks a very special occasion, as Sunday Million turns 20 years old. To celebrate the occasion, PokerStars is throwing a massive $5,000,000 edition of Sunday Million, the biggest one we’ve seen in recent months.
While PokerStars has been struggling to reach the entry numbers we were used to seeing on the platform even just a few years ago, the Anniversary Sunday Million will be a massive affair, thanks in great part to the multiple qualifying paths and the dozens of Daily Heats, which will feed the final Phase 2 on September 2.
For a price of just $109, players will have a chance to compete for one of the biggest prize pools in online poker this year, and there are plenty of ways to win an entry without having to pay the buy-in in full.
The Ticket Machine will give away $800,000 worth of entries, giving thousands of players a chance to compete in the historic tournament without any additional exposure.
For those who don’t get lucky enough to snatch an entry through the Ticket Machine, online qualifiers are open from just $0.55, along with Spin & Gos with a $0.75 buy-in, and Wildcard Wins, PokerStars’ new leaderboard promotion.
The Daily Heats have already been running for a couple of weeks, and 280 players have secured their seats in the Finals, 50 of whom entered Phase 1 through a satellite. In the coming weeks, plenty more players will be entering the Daily Heats, as the Ticket Machine starts spewing out the entries.
Log in to your PokerStars account, start completing the weekly challenges, and earn your seat in the Finals alongside PokerStars legends like Dalton “daltondb” Hobold, Giles “TaxationisTheft” Simon, and “paulinhoo00”.
