The Powerball lottery is a co-operative game between 29 States in the USA. When you play USA Powerball it is like playing in 29 lottos at the same time!
The Powerball lottery has an average jackpot of $25 million (USD) and a minimum jackpot of over $15 million (USD).
Powerball offers you nine ways to win! With over 650,000 winners each week your chances of winning a cash prize are BIG!
The odds of winning a prize on the Powerball lottery are 35:1. The odds of winning the jackpot are 14,000,000:1. In addition to picking all six numbers, there are eight other ways to win prizes from $1 to $100,000.
If there is no top prize winner, the jackpot prize rolls over to the next draw, making the prize for those winning numbers bigger ... and Bigger ... and BIGGER!
The largest individual jackpot prize was taken by Andrew Whittaker, who won $314.9million (USD) - £197.4 million (USD) by playing in the US Powerball in 2002.
Powerball is played every Wednesday and Saturday night at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The Powerball lottery draws five white balls out of a drum with 53 balls and one red ball out of a drum with 42 red balls. Players win by matching one of the nine winning number combinations.
The jackpot is either an annuity paid out over 29 years (30 payments) or a single lump-sum payment. You have up to 60 days from claiming the prize to decide whether you want cash or the annuity option.
The second prize (won by matching five white balls in any order) is $100,000 paid in cash.
All you have to do is match three or more numbers to win a prize. You also win any time you match the red Power ball.
Normally 50 percent of the amount wagered on Powerball lottery games is used for prizes.
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PowerBall Lottery Results (USA)