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What
is Powerball?
How to
Play Powerball?
Prize Structure
Drawings
Powerball FAQ's
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| What is
Powerball®? |
Powerball is a game where five white balls
from 1 to 59 and one red Powerball from 1 to 39 will be drawn. You have
a chance to play for some of the biggest cash prizes in America.
The jackpot starts at $20 million. You win a prize by matching some or
all of the numbers drawn. If no one picks all the winning numbers, the
top prize continues to grow! Ticket sales end approximately one hour
before drawing time.
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| How to Play
Powerball®? |
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Each playslip has
five play areas (panels). You can play up to five Powerball plays
(panels) on each playslip. Each play costs $1. You can
only win once per panel.
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A play consists of
two fields. Select and mark five (5) numbers from 1 to 59 in the upper
field and select and mark one (1) number from 1 to 39 in the lower
field. If you select too many or too few numbers, your playslip will
be rejected. The use of mechanical, electronic, computer generated or
any other non-manual method of making playslips is prohibited.
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Make a heavy
vertical mark through each number you choose. Use only pencil or blue
or black ink. Red ink will not be accepted. If you make a mistake,
mark the “VOID” box for that panel, then use any remaining open panels
to complete your selections. Please do not
attempt to erase errors.
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If you want the
terminal to randomly Quick Pick your numbers, mark the “QP” box for
White Balls and/or the “QP” box for the Powerball for each panel you
want to play.
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Mark the Power Play®
box to add the Power Play
multiplier option; that option adds $1.00 to each play, which doubles
the amount you owe for your Ticket.
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Powerball
drawings are held twice a week on Wednesday and Saturday nights. You
can play the same numbers for 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 or 15 drawings in a row,
including the next drawing, by marking the appropriate “NUMBER OF
DRAWS” box. Multiply the number of drawings by the number of panels
played to determine your cost. If you are a winner before the final
day on your ticket, you can still cash your ticket immediately. You
will receive an exchange ticket for the remaining days of play.
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Before you give your
playslip to a Maryland Lottery retailer for processing, be sure to
verify that the numbers selected on your playslip are the numbers you
want to play. It is your responsibility to make sure your playslip
represents the numbers you wish to play and the drawing(s) you
want to enter.
POWERBALL TICKETS CANNOT BE CANCELLED OR VOIDED AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN
PROCESSED. Tickets are
only valid for the drawing date(s) shown.
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Powerball® Prize Structure |
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| If a Player
Matches... |
Player
Wins |
Odds of Winning |
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| Five (5) White Balls plus the
Powerballl |
Jackpot* |
One in
195,249,054 |
| Five (5) White Balls only |
$200,000** |
One in 5,138,133 |
| Four (4) White Balls plus
the Powerball |
$10,000** |
One in 723,145 |
| Four (4) White Balls only |
$100** |
One in 19,090 |
| Three (3) White Balls plus the
Powerball |
$100** |
One in 13,644 |
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Three (3) White Balls only
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$7 |
One in 359 |
| Two
(2) White Balls plus the Powerball |
$7 |
One in 787 |
| One (1) White Ball
plus the Powerball |
$4 |
One in 123 |
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Powerball only |
$3 |
One in 62 |
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Power Play® Prize Structure |
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| If a Player
Matches... |
Player
Wins |
Odds of Winning |
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| Five (5) White Balls plus the
Powerballl |
Jackpot* |
One in
195,249,054 |
| Five (5) White Balls only |
$200,000** |
One in 5,138,133 |
| Four (4) White Balls plus
the Powerball |
$10,000** |
One in 723,145 |
| Four (4) White Balls only |
$100** |
One in 19,090 |
| Three (3) White Balls plus the
Powerball |
$100** |
One in 13,644 |
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Three (3) White Balls only
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$7 |
One in 359 |
| Two
(2) White Balls plus the Powerball |
$7 |
One in 787 |
| One (1) White Ball
plus the Powerball |
$4 |
One in 123 |
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Powerball only |
$3 |
One in 62 |
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*In some cases, fixed prizes and Power Play
prizes may be paid on a pari-mutuel basis and will be lower
than these published
prize levels. Refer to the Powerball
Group Rules for a detailed explanation.
**The Jackpot prize will be divided equally among multiple
winners. When a prize is claimed, Jackpot winners will have
the option
to receive their Jackpot prize in a single “cash”
payment or in annuity payments. A Jackpot prize will be paid
as an annuity
of 30 graduated payments over 29 years, unless
the winner selects the “cash” payment method within 60 days of
the Ticket
validation date, even though the winner has 182
days after the drawing to claim the Jackpot prize. The “cash”
payment amount
will be lower than the announced Jackpot prize.
Variations in the announced Jackpot prize may occur. Prize
payments may
be rounded down to the nearest $1,000.
When there is no Jackpot winner, all of the
Jackpot prize money is rolled over and added to the Jackpot
for the next Powerball
drawing except in Match 5 Bonus
instances. Following a drawing with a Jackpot winner, the
Jackpot will start at $20,000,000.
Power Play®
is a special feature
of Powerball that allows winners to multiply the original
Powerball prize by the Power Play
number. The multiplier does
not apply to the Jackpot Prize or to the Match 5 Bonus prize.
Power Play®
multiplier numbers
are: 2, 3, 4 and 5. Below is an example
based on a $1 per game wager:
Power Play Number Drawn: 4
Powerball Winning Amount: $3
Total Winning Amount: $12
As a special bonus ,
if you play the Power Play and you win the second tier
($200,000*) prize, then your Powerball winning
amount will be
multiplied by 5 no matter what Power Play number is drawn.
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Match 5 Bonus Prize
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When the
Jackpot reaches a new qualifying record high level, no more
than $25 million (annuitized) will be added to the
Jackpot each drawing. Any Jackpot prize money collected over
each maximum $25 million (annuitized) Jackpot increase will
accumulate in a Match 5 Bonus Prize pool until there is a
Jackpot winner. When there is a Jackpot winner, the Match 5
Bonus
Prize pool will be divided equally among the second tier
($200,000*) prize winners in that drawing. In the unlikely
event no
second tier prize winners exist for that drawing, the Match 5
Bonus Prize pool will be paid to the third tier ($10,000*)
prize winners.
The Match 5 Bonus Prize cannot be
multiplied with Power Play.
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Drawings |
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Powerball drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday evenings and
are broadcast at 11:22 p.m. on WBAL-TV11.
Compulsive gambling is a treatable illness. For more information
on compulsive gambling,
call the
National Council
on Problem Gambling at
1-800-522-4700.
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