Powerball FAQS
Explore our Powerball FAQs, and find the answers to the most frequently asked Powerball lottery questions. Drawn three times a week, and with a minimum jackpot of 20 million, why not try entering today!
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Powerball drawings are held on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. They take place in Tallahassee, Florida, at approximately 10:59 PM EST.
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Entering Powerball can be done either by visiting an authorized lottery retailer or by ordering tickets online. You must choose five main numbers between 1 and 69, as well as one Powerball from 1 to 26.
You can explore the detailed Powerball rules on our How to Play page.
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Ticket sales in Ohio close at 10:00 PM on the day of the draw. If you are ordering tickets online or playing out-of-state, the cut-off time may be different.
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One Powerball play costs $2. You need to pay an extra $1 if you want to add the Power Play option on your ticket.
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Yes, multi-draw tickets are allowed in Ohio. You can enter the same set of numbers for up to 10 consecutive drawings if you mark the “Multi-Draw” box.
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By adding the Power Play extra feature to your Powerball ticket, you could increase your non-jackpot winnings by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 times. This option will cost you an extra $1. Find out more about how the Power Play option works on our How to Play page.
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The minimum Powerball jackpot is $20 million and it rolls over until someone matches all the winning numbers.
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No, the Powerball jackpot rolls over until it is won.
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The largest Powerball jackpot ever won was worth $2.04 billion. It was won on November 7, 2022 by a Californian player, Edwin Castro. Castro claimed the cash value option of $997 million.
In Ohio, the biggest Powerball jackpot was won on June 2, 2010 by a single ticket holder from Sunbury. The grand prize was worth $261.6 million and the winner claimed the cash lump sum of $134.9 million. The winner chose to remain anonymous.
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If you want to win the Powerball jackpot, you need to beat the 1 in 292,201,338 odds. The overall odds of winning a Powerball prize are 1 in 24.9. For your odds of winning in each prize category, please check out the Odds and Prizes page.
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You need to claim your winning tickets within 180 days from the draw date. There are different ways in which you can claim your prizes, depending on the amount of your winnings.
Check out our How to Claim page for more information.