NYS Gaming Commission

January 08, 2016

Powerball Players get more bang for their buck with Power Play option

An extra dollar allows winners to increase prize amounts by up to 5X

New York State Gaming Commission, Division of the Lottery

Communications

518-388-3415

nylottery.ny.gov

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For Immediate Release – January 8, 2016

New Yorkers seeking their fortune in this Saturday’s record-setting $800 million Powerball jackpot have an additional tool to get paid big bucks: Power Play.

Power Play allows a winner to potentially double, triple, quadruple, or even quintuple the lower-tier prize amounts for just an additional dollar. The extra dollar also automatically boosts the second prize of matching all five numbers from $1 million to $2 million.

Emma Duvoll of the Bronx is just one lucky New Yorker to benefit from the Power Play option. Duvoll chose the Power Play option and matched the first 5 numbers drawn for the February 1, 2014 Powerball drawing earning her a $2,000,000 win.

Read her story here: http://nylottery.ny.gov/wps/wcm/connect/nysl+content+library/nysl+internet+site/home/your+lottery/winners+stories/jackpot_beaverst+_3-6-14

“For just a dollar more, players have a new level of excitement when the drawing occurs,” said Gardner Gurney, Director of the Division of the Lottery. “While an $800 million jackpot is certainly unprecedented, Power Play gives the opportunity of turning $3 into $2 million or even $200, which is also a pretty neat trick.”

The specific multiplier value is determined at random just before the actual Powerball drawing.

For jackpots of $150 million or less, Power Play players could even get a 10x multiplier.

To get the multiplier, a player must choose the Power Play option when they buy their Powerball ticket.

POWERBALL Prize Chart

POWER PLAY™ Prize Chart*

Match In One Play Area

Odds

Prize

Power Play of 2

Power Play of 3

Power Play of 4

Power Play of 5

Power Play of 10***

All 5 of 5 and POWERBALL

1 in 292,201,338

Jackpot**

n/a

All 5 of 5

1 in 11,688,054

$1,000,000

$2,000,000

Any 4 of 5

and POWERBALL

1 in 913,129

$50,000

$100,000

$150,000

$200,000

$250,000

$500,000

Any 4 of 5

1 in 36,525

$100

$200

$300

$400

$500

$1,000

Any 3 of 5

and POWERBALL

1 in 14,494

$100

$200

$300

$400

$500

$1,000

Any 3 of 5

1 in 580

$14

$21

$28

$35

$70

Any 2 of 5

and POWERBALL

1 in 701

$14

$21

$28

$35

$70

Any 1 of 5

and POWERBALL

1 in 92

$12

$16

$20

$40

POWERBALL Only

1 in 38

$12

$16

$20

$40

Overall odds of winning are 1:24.9

* All set prizes and Power Play prizes, including the Match 5 of 5 prize, may be reduced if claims exceed available prize fund.

** The jackpot will be divided equally among all winning jackpot prize tickets. Annuity jackpots will be paid over a 30-year period and will be increased each year by a percentage as noted in the POWERBALL rules.

*** The 10X Power Play multiplier is available when the advertised annuity jackpot is $150 million or less.

Note: National media inquiries regarding Powerball should be directed to Kelly Cripe, Media Relations Director at the Texas Lottery: kelly.cripe@lottery.state.tx.us or at 512-344-5131.

About the New York Lottery

The New York Lottery continues to be North America’s largest and most profitable Lottery, contributing $3.11 billion in fiscal year 2014-2015 to help support education in New York State. The Lottery’s contribution represents 14 percent of total state education aid to local school districts.

New York Lottery revenue is distributed to local school districts by the same statutory formula used to distribute other state aid to education. It takes into account both a school district’s size and its income level; larger, lower-income school districts receive proportionately larger shares of Lottery school funding.

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