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POWERBALL®
Powerball® is a Multi-State Lottery game with a minimum estimated annuity jackpot of $20 million per drawing, plus eight set cash prizes up to $1 million. Drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 pm ET.
Powerball: $2 per game
Powerball with Power Play: $3 per game
Powerball with Double Play: $3 per game
Powerball with Power Play and Double Play: $4 per game
How to Play Powerball:
- Use a playslip to select five white numbers from 1 to 69 and one red POWERBALL number from 1 to 26.
- Or select Quick Pick and let the computer randomly select your numbers.
- Play up to 15 advanced drawings.
How to Play with Power Play:
- For an additional $1 per play, the Power Play feature can multiply non-jackpot prizes by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 times! Note: the Match 5 prize with Power Play is always $2 million.
- The multiplier number is randomly selected before each drawing.
- The 10X multiplier is only in play when the advertised jackpot annuity is $150 million or less.
How to Play with Double Play:
- For an additional $1 per play, Double Play offers another chance to match your Powerball numbers in a separate drawing with a top cash prize of $10 million.
- The drawing will occur immediately following the Powerball drawing.
- Powerball tickets that include the Double Play are eligible to win prizes in both drawings.
How to Play with Power Play and Double Play:
- You may add both the Power Play and Double Play options to each Powerball ticket at a cost of $4 per play.
- Tickets with Double Play are eligible to win prizes in both the Powerball and Double Play drawings.
- The Power Play multiplier does not apply to prizes won in the Double Play drawing.
See prize chart here.
How to Play Using a Playslip:
- Each playslip has five game panels. Each panel contains a white and red grid.
- Use only blue or black ink, or pencil, to mark your playslip. Sorry, red ink will not work.
- Select five numbers from 1 to 69 in the white grid.
- Choose one Powerball number from 1 to 26 in the red grid.
- If you prefer to have ALL or SOME of your number selections made by the terminal, mark the Quick Pick box in the appropriate panel.
- To add the Power Play option, mark the Power Play box on your playslip. The option costs an additional $1 for each Powerball play.
- To add the Double Play option, mark the Double Play box on your playslip. The option costs an additional $1 for each Powerball play.
- If there is an error in your number selection, mark the void box. DO NOT ERASE.
- Check your playslip carefully for accuracy and give the completed slip to any Delaware Lottery Retailer, who will then process the ticket. Powerball tickets cannot be canceled.
- The computer will process your playslip and issue a ticket. Hold on to your ticket, you'll need it if you win!
- Number selections may be played for more than one drawing. Mark the appropriate advance draws box on your playslip for up to 15 consecutive drawings.