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Details & rules

US Powerball details & rules

The US Powerball holds the record for the largest Jackpot in the world, sitting at an incredible $2040M.

The main balls and the Powerball are drawn from 2 separate barrels. The main barrel contains numbers from 1 to 69, and the Powerball barrel numbers from 1 to 26. 5 numbers are drawn from the main barrel, and one Powerball is drawn from the Powerball barrel.

For an extra $1 (so $3 per entry instead of $2), players can opt into the PowerPlay option. The PowerPlay option allows players to multiply their dividends, up to a maximum of $2M.

After the main numbers and the Powerball are drawn, the PowerPlay number is drawn from yet another barrel. This barrel contains 42 balls ranging from 2 to 5, with the smaller balls represented more frequently. Here is the breakdown:

PowerPlay barrel breakdown - without 10x
PowerPlay (Multiplier) 2 3 4 5
Balls in barrel 24 13 3 2
Odds of being drawn 57.14% 30.95% 7.14% 4.76%

If the Jackpot is below $150M, an extra 10x PowerPlay ball is added to the barrel. When this happens, the odds look like this:

PowerPlay barrel breakdown - with 10x
PowerPlay (Multiplier) 2 3 4 5 10
Balls in barrel 24 13 3 2 1
Odds of being drawn 55.81% 30.23% 6.98% 4.65% 2.33%
US Powerball Division and Dividends
Match Odds (1 in..) Dividends Average Winners *
5 Numbers + Powerball 292,201,338 Jackpot! currently $793,000,000 0
5 Numbers 11,688,054 $1,200,000 1.30
4 Numbers + Powerball 913,129 $69,224.45 19.80
4 Numbers 36,525 $137.49 550.90
3 Numbers + Powerball 14,494 $138.09 1,390.40
3 Numbers 580 $9.63 35,368.20
2 Numbers + Powerball 701 $9.65 29,047.90
1 Number + Powerball 92 $5.52 218,177.30
Powerball 38 $5.52 514,863.50

* Note: The average winners is caculated over the last 10 draws

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