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How To Play
Powerball ® is a multi-state jackpot game with a jackpot starting at $15 million and increasing until it’s won. You get nine ways to win with Powerball. Match all 5 numbers plus the Powerball to win the jackpot. Powerball drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday evening.

Wednesday and Saturday Powerball sales stop at 7:59 p.m. Arizona time from the first Sunday in November through the second Saturday in March, and at 6:59pm Arizona time from the second Sunday in March through the first Saturday in November.

Drawing game tickets cannot be voided. All sales are final. Drawing prizes must be claimed within 180 days of the drawing.

How to Play

Powerball ® is a multi-state jackpot game with jackpots starting at $15 million and increasing until it’s won. You have three ways to pick your numbers.

  • Choose Quick Pick and let the computer select your numbers for you.
  • You can choose your own numbers and mark them on the selection slip. Pick five white numbers (1 through 55) plus one red Powerball number (1 through 42).
  • Choose just white numbers, or just the red Powerball number, and Quick Pick the other number(s).

Play as many as you want, the way you want. You can play Powerball for up to 10 consecutive drawing dates on the same ticket. Just tell the retailer at the time of purchase or mark the Multi-Draw box on your selection slip.

How to Win

Powerball has nine winning ball combinations. The more numbers you choose that match the numbers drawn, the more you win. If other players also match the six winning jackpot numbers, you’ll share the prize pool with them in equal amounts

Payment Options – If you win the jackpot, you have 60 days to choose either a 30-year annuity or a lump-sum cash payment of approximately half the amount of the announced jackpot.

If you do not select cash or annuity within the 60 days, your prize will be paid as an annuity.

Match 5 Bonus Prize - Whenever the Powerball jackpot reaches a record level, the amount of the jackpot prize is limited to increases for each draw of no more than $25 million. The prize money collected in excess of the $25 million increase will be placed into a Match 5 Bonus prize pool and will accumulate until there is a jackpot winner. When there is a jackpot winner, the Match 5 Bonus prize pool will be divided equally among all winners of the Match 5 prize. The prize will be paid in one cash lump sum. The Match 5 Bonus prize is in addition to any Power Play prizes that may be won. The Match 5 Bonus prize is not multiplied. A Match 5 winner who also played the Power Play option would win the original $200,000, the amount paid under the Power Play multiplier option, and the new Match 5 Bonus effective bonus prize. For more detailed information about the Match 5 bonus prize, visit the Powerball website.

Multiply your winnings with PowerPlay® – When you choose Power Play, you can multiply the prize up to five times. For an extra $1 per game, you can multiply your winnings by a number from two to five randomly selected at draw time. Mark the Power Play box or ask the cashier for the Power Play option. Power Play does not apply to the jackpot and Match 5 Bonus prizes.

Watch the Drawings — Tune into KNXV ABC 15 in Phoenix, KOLD News 13 in Tucson, or Univision Arizona at approximately 10:25 p.m. Mon. - Sat.

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