Powerball®

Powerball® tickets cost $2 per game.
Powerball® with Power Play® cost $3 per game.
Powerball® with Double Play cost $3 per game.
Powerball® with Power Play® and Double Play cost $4 per game.

Powerball® tickets are sold in 45 states, Washington, D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

Where to Play

Play At Any Maryland Lottery Retailer

Powerball is readily available across the State. You can pick up a ticket at one of over 4,800 Maryland Lottery retailers.

Powerball is easy to play. Just pick any 5 numbers from 1 to 69 and a Powerball number between 1 and 26. Use favorite numbers, birthdays or your lucky numbers. The choice is yours. Picking the numbers is part of the fun! You can also choose the Quick Pick feature to get a randomly generated set of numbers.

You can watch the drawings at powerball.com.

Nine Ways To Win Playing Powerball

In addition to matching all 5 white ball numbers and the Powerball number to win the Top Powerball jackpot prize, there are 8 other ways to win prizes ranging from $4 to $1,000,000.

Be sure to always check your tickets closely to see if you’re a winner!

Visit a Maryland Lottery Retailer

You must be 18 years old or older to buy or cash Powerball tickets.

Provide the Maryland Lottery retailer with your playslip or use a self-service terminal to manually select your numbers or select “quick pick.” Before you use your playslip, be sure to verify that the numbers selected on your playslip are the numbers you want to play.

About Powerball Playslips:

• Playslips are available at any Maryland Lottery^® retail location or create and use the e-playslip available on the MD Lottery mobile app.
• Each playslip has five play areas or panels. You can play up to five Powerball® plays on each playslip! Each play costs $2.
• A play consists of two fields. Select and mark five (5) numbers from 1 to 69 in the upper field and select and mark one Powerball number from 1 to 26 in the lower field. If you select too many or too few numbers, your playslip will be rejected.
• 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 to the right of that panel. Then use any remaining open panels to complete your selections. Please do not attempt to erase errors.
• If you want the terminal to randomly “Quick Pick” your numbers, mark the “QP” box in the upper field for the White Balls and/or the “QP” box in the lower field for the Powerball for each play you want to purchase.
• Mark the Power Play® box to add the Power Play option; that option adds $1 to each play.
• Mark the Double Play box to add the Double Play option; that option adds $1 to each play.
• If you are using the ePlayslip on the MD Lottery mobile app, follow the same instructions, but instead of handing your paper playslip to the retailer for processing, your ePlayslip will be scanned from your mobile phone.
• It is your responsibility to make sure your playslip represents the numbers you wish to play, the drawing(s) you want to enter, and all other information you want.

Drawings – Play More than One!

Powerball drawings are held three times a week, on Monday, 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 on a playslip or selecting the number of draws at the self-service terminal.

Powerball: $2 x Number of Plays x Number of Drawings = Total Ticket Cost

Powerball with Power Play: $3 x Number of Plays x Number of Drawings = Total Ticket Cost

Powerball with Double Play: $3 x Number of Plays x Number of Drawings = Total Ticket Cost

Powerball with Power Play and Double Play: $4 x Number of Plays x Number of Drawings = Total Ticket Cost

Powerball Tickets

POWERBALL TICKETS CANNOT BE CANCELLED OR VOIDED AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN PROCESSED. Tickets are only valid for the drawing date(s) shown on the ticket. Ticket sales end approximately one hour before drawing time, and sales for the next game begin immediately. 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. Winning tickets must be cashed in the state/jurisdiction where they were purchased.

Power Play®

Increase your winnings for an extra $1 per play when you mark the Power Play® option on your playslip. On all except the Jackpot prize and the Match 5 ($1,000,000) prize, Power Play numbers are used to multiply your winnings in the Powerball game immediately following the Power Play drawing. The Power Play multiplier numbers are 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10. The 10X multiplier will be available when the jackpot prize level is $150 million or less.

How it Works

For example, if you win $100 by matching 4 white balls and you added Power Play for $1, and the Power Play number drawn is 5, you multiply your winnings by 5 for a total winning amount of $500.  If you play Power Play and win the Match 5 prize, your winning amount will be doubled from $1 million to $2 million, regardless of the Power Play number selected. The Power Play number is randomly selected before each Powerball draw and will not appear on your ticket. The Power Play multiplier does not apply to the Jackpot prize.

Prize Structure

See the Powerball Prize Structure on mdlottery.com for prize amounts and probabilities.  Power Play probabilities of winning are approximate.

Double Play

Add a little more fun with Powerball Double Play. It’s a second drawing that happens 30 minutes after every Powerball drawing, giving you the chance to win up to $10 million with the same numbers on your Powerball ticket.

How it Works

Powerball players can add the Double Play option to their Powerball ticket for an additional $1. Each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, a separate Double Play drawing will be conducted approximately 30 minutes after the Powerball drawing. Adding Double Play makes the ticket eligible to win prizes in both the Powerball drawing and the Double Play drawing.

Prize Structure

See the Powerball Prize Structure on mdlottery.com for prize amounts and probabilities.  Double Play drawings have a prize structure separate from Powerball. Double Play probabilities of winning are approximate.

How to Win

Every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday night, five white balls from 1 to 69 and one red Powerball® from 1 to 26 will be drawn. You win a prize by matching some or all of the numbers drawn, as shown in the Powerball® Prize Structure on mdlottery.com. You can only win once per panel. Probabilities are rounded.

For Consumer Game Information, see Additional Rules below.

Please see “How to Claim a Prize” in the [MORE] section of the app for full details.

Prize amounts of $600 or less in red can be cashed at any Maryland Lottery retailer.

The approximate overall probability of winning Powerball® is 1 in 24.87.

The approximate probability of a prize having 2x POWER PLAY® is 1 in 1.75.
The approximate probability of a prize having 3x POWER PLAY® is 1 in 3.23.
The approximate probability of a prize having 4x POWER PLAY® is 1 in 14.0.
The approximate probability of a prize having 5x POWER PLAY® is 1 in 21.0.
The approximate probability of a prize having 10x POWER PLAY® is 1 in 43.0.

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. Following a drawing with a Jackpot winner, the Jackpot will start at an estimated $40,000,000 (variations in starting Jackpot may occur).

Power Play® – Adding the Power Play® option for an extra $1 per play increases your winnings on all except the Jackpot prize. See the Powerball Prize Structure above for prize amounts and probabilities. Double Play prizes are not eligible for Power Play multipliers.

For Consumer Game Information, click here.

*In some cases, fixed Powerball® 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. These prizes may be rounded down to whole dollars.

**The Jackpot prize will be divided equally among multiple Jackpot winning game plays. When a prize is claimed, Jackpot winners will have the option to receive your 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 consecutive years, unless the winner selects the cash payment method within 60 days of the Ticket validation date. The cash payment amount will be lower than the announced annuity prize. Variations in the announced Jackpot prize may occur. Jackpot prize payments may be rounded down to the nearest one thousand dollars ($1,000).

***The 10X multiplier will be available when the Jackpot prize level is $150 million or less. Once the Jackpot is greater than $150 million, the 10X multiplier will not be available unless announced otherwise.

Consumer Brochure/Consumer Game Information

Rules governing this game are stated below and throughout this consumer brochure/consumer game information. Powerball® Tickets (“Tickets”, or individually, “Ticket”) are bearer instruments. For your protection, sign the back of your Ticket. A playslip is neither a valid receipt, nor proof of purchase. Your game Ticket, not your playslip, is the only valid proof of the selections made and the only valid proof for claiming a prize.

POWERBALL® TICKETS CANNOT BE CANCELLED OR VOIDED AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN PROCESSED. You have the sole responsibility for checking the accuracy of the data printed on your Ticket(s), including numbers played and drawings entered. Your Ticket will be valid for the drawing dates printed on your Ticket. The Maryland State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency (“Lottery” or “Maryland Lottery”) is responsible only for the numbers actually played via the Lottery terminal. Neither the Lottery, nor Lottery retailers, will be responsible for printing errors.

By purchasing a Powerball® Ticket, the player (player and winner are sometimes referred to as “you” and “your”) agrees that, as amended from time to time, all Powerball Group Rules (“Powerball Rules”), procedures, operations procedures, and other relevant Powerball documents, and all rules in this brochure/consumer game information, and all Lottery laws, statutes, regulations, policies, procedures, decisions, and rules, and all other applicable laws govern all aspects of the Powerball Ticket, game, playslip, claiming, prizes and payments.

The Lottery is not responsible for lost, stolen or destroyed Tickets, Tickets redeemed by a Lottery retailer in error, or winning numbers repeated or displayed in error. All winning Tickets are subject to validation by the Lottery in accordance with Lottery rules and regulations. The only official winning numbers are the numbers actually drawn. Tickets that are mutilated, altered or irregular in any manner, or otherwise fail to meet validation or security requirements, are void.

Prizes are not assignable or transferable except as provided by law. All winnings are subject to state, local and federal taxation. Player agrees that claims, if any, arising out of a Powerball Ticket can only be pursued against and litigated in the State where the Ticket was bought, pursuant to the current rules and procedures of that State, and that this is the player’s sole and exclusive remedy. Player agrees that a Ticket can only be cashed in the State where the Ticket was bought. Lottery’s liability for void or nonconforming Tickets, if any, is limited to replacement of the Ticket.

You must be 18 years old or older to buy or cash Tickets. Prizes must be claimed within 182 days after the drawing date. Powerball Rules and other documents are available upon request at Lottery headquarters and are subject to change from time to time.