What is Power Play?
Power Play is a special feature offered while playing Powerball that allows a winner to multiply the original prize by 2, 3, 4 or 5 times. The Power Play is not applied when a player has won the jackpot. A player must choose the Power Play option when they purchase their ticket. The cost of Power Play is an additional $1 per play. The multiplier is randomly selected during each drawing.
The Power Play feature allows a player to multiply their winnings on all prize levels 2 to 5 times, with the exception of the jackpot and Match 5 prizes. The Power Play multiplier is randomly selected during the Powerball drawing and ranges from 2 to 5. In the case of the Match 5 prize, if you’ve selected Power Play, the multiplier is an automatic 5, growing that prize amount to $1,000,000. The jackpot prize is never multiplied. (See our Powerball “How To Play” page for Power Play prizes chart.
Power Play is an exciting way to pump up your Powerball winnings. For an additional $1 per line of play, you can multiply your winnings by 2, 3, 4 or 5 times! A Power Play number from 2 to 5 is drawn at the time of the Powerball drawing. The Power Play number becomes the multiplier applied for that drawing. If you match at least the Powerball, your winnings will be multiplied by that number. (Power Play will not, however, multiply the jackpot amount.) For example, if you purchase the Power Play option and win the Match 4 prize of $100, and the Power Play number is 3, you would win $300 instead of $100. And if you win the Match 5 prize of $200,000, and you also purchased a Power Play, your winnings will automaticallybe multiplied by 5 times and you could win a cool $1 million without hitting the jackpot*! Don’t forget to ask the clerk for Powerball with Power Play! * Powerball may reduce prize levels for Powerball and/or Power Play, including the Match 5+0 prize, in the unlikely event t
