How to play Powerball ahead of record $1.9 billion jackpot drawing - USA TODAY

The Powerball jackpot keeps growing. 

After nary 1 matched the winning six numbers drawn for Saturday's $1.6 cardinal jackpot, the expansive prize rolled implicit to the adjacent drafting connected Monday and ballooned to a grounds $1.9 billion, with a currency payout enactment of $929.1 million. 

More than a twelve players came adjacent to winning it each Saturday, matching 5 retired of the six victor numbers. But they didn’t permission empty-handed, they each took location $1 cardinal prizes. One fortunate victor successful Kentucky nabbed a $2 cardinal prize, according to Powerball. 

But however bash you play? And wherever bash you bargain a ticket? Here’s what you request to know. 

How to play Powerball

Tickets are $2 a pop. You prime 5 achromatic shot numbers from 1-69 and 1 reddish “powerball” fig from 1-26, according to Oregon Lottery. You tin besides opt for a “quick pick” that randomly selects the numbers for you. 

For an other $1, you tin opt into “Powerplay,” which multiplies non-jackpot winning prizes by a origin of 2, 3, 4, 5 oregon 10. 

To triumph the expansive prize, you person to lucifer each six numbers, which includes 5 achromatic shot numbers and 1 reddish ‘powerball’ number.

 But you lone request to lucifer 1 fig to triumph immoderate benignant of prize. Here is simply a elemental guide:

• 1 matching fig that is the Powerball number: $4
• 1 matching fig + the Powerball number: $4
• 2 matching numbers + the Powerball number: $7
• 3 matching numbers: $7
• 3 matching numbers + the Powerball number: $100
• 4 matching numbers: $100
• 4 matching numbers + the Powerball numbers: $50,000
• 5 matching numbers: $1 million
• 5 matching numbers + the Powerball number: Grand prize

When is the adjacent drawing?

The adjacent Powerball drafting is Monday Nov. 7 astatine 10:59 p.m. ET. It volition beryllium livestreamed astatine Powerball.com. 

No 1 won Saturday's Powerball drawing: Now the jackpot grows to a grounds $1.9 billion.

How overmuch is the adjacent Jackpot? 

Monday’s jackpot sits astatine $1.9 billion, the largest ever. Winners tin opt for a lump sum payout of $929.1 cardinal oregon instrumentality the afloat $1.9 cardinal paid implicit 30 graduated payments implicit 29 years, according to Powerball. The payments summation by 5% each year. 

Where tin I bargain a ticket? 

Powerball is played successful 45 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. State lottery pages supply a representation with summons vending locations. Links to astir authorities lottery pages tin beryllium found here. 

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