The game is played in 45 states in the U.S. as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Number draws are held every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET with sales cut-off times varying by one to two hours before it takes place.To play Powerball, a player selects five numbers from 1 to 69 and then selects one number from 1 to 26 for the red Powerball. Each game costs $2 and can be done on a play slip.
To win a prize, players can win one of nine ways with the Powerball jackpot growing until it is won by matching five balls, the red Powerball. The Match 5 prize with Power Play is always $2 million. Players can also ask for Power Play with their Powerball purchase—for an additional $1 per play, this feature can multiple non-jackpot prizes by 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X, or 10X. The multiplier number is randomly selected just before each drawing, says the Powerball website, but the 10X multiplier is only in play when the advertising jackpot annuity is $150 million or less.
According to the website, the odds of winning a prize when playing Powerball remain the same in every drawing. Players have a 1-in-24.9 chance of winning a prize when the advertised jackpot is $40 million—these odds are the same all the way up to $1 billion.The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338.
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