How to Play Powerball®
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Powerball How-to-Play Brochure (Spanish)
STEP 1
Get a Powerball playslip from your favorite Texas Lottery® retailer or use the Texas Lottery® App to create a Powerball® play.
Select five (5) numbers from 1 to 69 in the upper play area and select one (1) Powerball number from 1 to 26 in the lower play area of the playboard or mark the "QP" box and the terminal will select your numbers. OR, simply ask your lottery retailer for a "Quick Pick" and the terminal will pick all your numbers!
MULTI-DRAW
You can play the same sets of numbers for more than one drawing. Mark the appropriate "MULTI-DRAW" box to play up to 15 consecutive drawings.
POWER YOUR PLAY WITH Power Play!
You can also try the Power Play feature for an extra $1 per play and you could increase your non-Grand Prize winnings by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 times**! Just mark the YES Box on your playslip!
The Power Play number will be chosen according to the following frequency: 1- 10X, 2 - 5X, 3 - 4X, 13-3X, 24 - 2X. *A Power Play Match Five (5+0) is set at $2,000,000 regardless of the Power Play number selected. All other non-grand prizes will be multiplied by the Power Play number selected. **The 10X Power Play multiplier will be available for drawings in which the initially advertised annuitized Grand Prize amount is $150 million or less.
GRAND PRIZE PAYMENT OPTIONS
Select "30 ANNUAL PAYMENTS" or "CASH VALUE OPTION".
Mark "30 ANNUAL PAYMENTS" if you want to receive your prize in 30 annual installments.
Mark "CASH VALUE OPTION" for a single payment of the present cash value of the jackpot prize. You may not change the payment option at a later date.
The Grand Prize is pari-mutuel and will be divided equally by the number of Grand Prize winners.
The Powerball Grand Prize amount that is advertised is not always a guaranteed amount, it is an estimated amount. A Grand prize winner may receive less than the advertised amount based on actual Powerball game sales and interest rates for long-term investments.
STEP 2
Powerball costs $2 per play.
Adding Power Play is $1 more per play.
STEP 3
Powerball drawings are broadcast every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday evening at 10:12 p.m. CT Tickets are not available during Draw Break, from 9:00-10:15 p.m. CT.
STEP 4
CHECK YOUR NUMBERS!
- Use the Check Your Numbers feature via our website
- Check the "Winning Numbers & Jackpots" screen on the Texas Lottery App
- Scan your ticket using Check-a-Ticket machine at any licensed Texas Lottery Retailer
- Call 800-375-6886, listen for the results option
- Watch the live webcasts under the MORE INFO tab on the game page
- Check your local newspaper
- Visit any licensed Texas Lottery retail location
STEP 5
DID YOU WIN?
