How to play Powerball?
We will not personally consider the option of purchasing a ticket. The algorithm below applies to buying a Powerball ticket online.
Algorithm for taking part in the Powerball drawing:
- The player must select the numbers in the specified playing field of the lottery ticket, presented on the monitor. As the main set of numbers, you need to select five numbers from the range 1-69. Next, you need to determine the value of the additional game number. This number is selected from a range of values from 1 to 26.
- Participants have the option to use the "AutoFill" feature. In this version, the right to choose numbers for the game is given to a special program, which forms the participant's playing combination in a matter of seconds. This option for determining the game numbers will be most appropriate when buying a large number of tickets..
- If you want to tickle your nerves, then you can use "Autocomplete" in conjunction with self-filled. It is enough to buy several Powerball tickets and fill them in different ways.
- Powerball ticket costs 3 dollar. Depending on the intermediary, this amount may vary. Player, after choosing a number combination for the draw, must pay for the ticket. The intermediary indicates payment methods in the purchase tab or "General information". Clear instructions regarding the payment steps will be provided on the reseller's website, which one do you prefer.
- If the player wants to connect the Power Play function, then he must pay extra 1,5 dollar. This surcharge is made at the time of payment for the ticket..
Consider, that the main prize of the Powerball lottery varies from game to game. It directly depends on the number of lottery tickets sold. It is the funds from the sale of tickets that create the prize fund, which at the end of the game is divided between the participants in the form of prizes.
Powerball Lottery («PowerBall»)
Online ticket sales: NOT carried out.
How to buy tickets: in the states, lottery tickets can be purchased as American citizens, and citizens of other countries legally staying in the country (eg, tourists). Online ticket sales via the Internet are NOT available! But there are legal ways to play online outside the US.
Ticket price (one position): $2.
Minimum jackpot: $40 000 000.
Current jackpot (clickable banner):
Maximum jackpot: not limited and accumulates from circulation to circulation.
Max Jackpot Drawn: 1 billion 586 million 400 one thousand dollars, shared by three members in January 2016 of the year.
Jackpot payout: it is possible to either receive the full amount of the jackpot (the first payment occurs immediately after formal procedures, the rest – increasing payments during 29 years), or immediately receive in cash about half of the amount. Most winners choose the second payout option.
Probability of winning the jackpot: 1 to 292 201 338.
Probability of winning any prize: 1 to 24,87.
Drawing: held twice a week, wednesday and saturday.
Powerball Lottery Rules («PowerBall»):
From a drum with 69 white balls are drawn at random exactly 5 balls. From another drum with 26 balls fall 1 ball, which is called Powerball. To get the minimum win, you need to guess at least the PowerBall number, by filling out a special lottery ticket, to get the jackpot you need to guess everything 6 dropped balls. If the guesses are all 6 balls will be several people, then the jackpot will be divided equally between them. When buying tickets through the terminal, you can select the "Quick Pick" option mentioned at the very beginning of the text and then the ticket will be filled in randomly.
Players can multiply their winnings for an additional fee, using the special "PowerPlay" function (the ball with the "PowerPlay" number is drawn randomly before the start of the lottery). If the Powerball jackpot exceeds 150 million dollars, then it is possible to increase the winnings up to 5 times inclusive. If the jackpot is less than the above amount, then a tenfold increase in the amount of winning is possible. But the "PowerPlay" option does not apply to the jackpot itself.
Approximate paytable Powerball (the probability of winning is shown in brackets):
- $4 – guessed only PowerBall (1 to 38,32);
- $4 – guessed 1 ball and guessed powerball (1 to 91,98);
- $7 – guessed 2 ball and guessed powerball (1 to 701,33);
- $7 – guessed 3 ball and not guessed by PowerBall (1 to 579,76);
- $100 – guessed 3 ball and guessed powerball (1 to 14 494,11);
- $100 – guessed 4 ball and not guessed by PowerBall (1 to 36 525,17);
- $50 000 – guessed 4 ball and guessed powerball (1 to 913 129,18);
- $1 000 000 – guessed 5 balls and NOT guessed PowerBall (1 to 11 688 053,52). When, if you have used the "PowerPlay" function, then the payoff will be, regardless of the coefficient $2 000 000;
- Jackpot – guessed 5 balls and guessed powerball (1 to 292 201 338).
The rules of the game have changed several times.. So, since the game was renamed to Powerball, the minimum jackpot has been 2 million dollars, and the game was played in the format 5/45 + 1/45, ie. dropped out 5 balls from 45 and the PowerBall fell out of the range from 1 to 45. In May 1997 year, the minimum jackpot increased by 5 times and made 10 million dollars, and the lottery format changed to 5/49 + 1/42. In June 1998 the jackpot record was set – $161 496 959. In July 2001 PowerPlay option added, and already in August of the same year, the jackpot took a new peak – $165 803 324,51. A year later, the format changed to 5/53 + 1/42, and in August 2015 the minimum jackpot was 15 million dollars, and the format became 5/55 + 1/42. And just a month and a half later, a new record jackpot was drawn in the amount of 340 million dollars.
conclusions
Some people think, that the lottery is a good way to make easy money. However, need to understand, what before, than win a large sum, a person needs to spend, least, for one lottery ticket. And still this does not guarantee that, that fortune will smile at him. therefore, consider a lottery, as a way to make money is stupid, even the world-famous Powerball lottery.
The Powerball lottery is an opportunity to try your luck and become a real millionaire. The rules of the game are very simple. Participants just need to guess a few numbers. Total 6 numbers separates a person from a real jackpot. But, even if the player guesses fewer numbers, he still gets a prize. This is the main advantage of the lottery.
The peculiarity of the game is, which does not matter which country you are in. Anyone anywhere in the world can buy a ticket for the popular American Powerball lottery and become a real millionaire
You don't need to make any effort.. The most important thing is to find a middleman, which will bring you good luck, and buy a Powerball lucky ticket.
