to play powerball you must be 18 years
of age or older
and live in one of the 43 eligible u.s
states
the district of columbia or the u.s
virgin islands
if you're eligible you can buy a ticket
at any authorized lottery retailer like
a local drugstore
gas station or grocery store that sells
lottery tickets
for two dollars when you buy a ticket
you'll choose six numbers five numbers
between 1
and 69 and one number between 1
and 26
the goal of the game is to have your
numbers match the numbers on the balls
that are randomly selected
during the powerball drawing if all of
your numbers match the draw
numbers you win the jackpot
your first five numbers don't need to be
in the same order as the numbers that
are drawn
but your sixth number the powerball
number
must match the number on the red ball
even if all of your numbers aren't drawn
you still have a chance to win smaller
prizes
if you match just the red ball or the
red ball and one white ball
you win four dollars if you match the
red ball
and two white balls or just three white
balls
you win seven dollars matching the red
ball
and three white balls or just four white
balls wins you one hundred dollars
matching the red ball and four white
balls wins fifty thousand dollars
and matching five wide balls wins one
million dollars when you're filling out
your ticket
there will be a power play option for
one dollar extra
with the power play add-on any
non-jackpot prize you win will be
multiplied by
it two times three times four times
or five times multiplier selected at
random
before each drawing you also have the
option to choose
quick pick or qp on your ticket
to have the computer randomly assign you
numbers instead of choosing your own
numbers
if you'd like each ticket is good for
one drawing
although you can fill out the multi draw
section on your ticket
if you want to pay for multiple drawings
in that case
your ticket is valid for the number of
drawings you paid for
once you have your ticket tune into the
next powerball drawing to see if you won
powerball drawings occur every wednesday
and saturday night
at 10 59 pm eastern time