Florida Lottery Powerball Double Play (2024)

FAQs

Do you win anything with double play on Powerball? ›

Powerball tickets that include the Double Play® feature are eligible to win prizes in both drawings. Players can include both the Power Play® and Double Play features on their Powerball ticket, however, the Power Play multiplier does not apply to prizes won in the Double Play drawing.

FLORIDA LOTTO with Double Play players who match the six winning numbers in the Double Play drawing win the $250,000 top prize. Those who match five, four, or three winning numbers win other great Double Play cash prizes ranging from $14 to $35,000.

Power Play multiplies non-jackpot prizes. By adding Power Play for $1 per ticket, a multiplier of 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X (or 10X when the jackpot is $150 million or less) is randomly selected on your ticket. Double Play is an additional drawing following the Powerball drawing.

How many Powerball numbers do you need to win a prize? You only need to match one number in Powerball to win a prize. However, that number must be the Powerball worth $4. Visit powerball.com for the entire prize chart.

Double plays also occur on ground balls hit to the pitcher. Most of the time, these double plays will go 1-6-3 (pitcher to shortstop to first baseman), though sometimes these double plays will go pitcher 1-4-3 (pitcher to second baseman to first baseman).

Power Play does not apply to the US Powerball jackpot, but it can increase all the other prize categories in the game. It can double the $1 million 2nd prize, and it can boost the others to some mouth-watering amounts. In the table below, you can see just how much you stand to win with this amazing multiplier.

4-6-3 (second baseman to shortstop to first baseman) or 6-4-3 (shortstop to second baseman to first baseman). Other combinations start with 1 (pitcher), 3 (first baseman), or (5 third baseman), followed by 6-3 or 4-3 depending on which middle infielder is covering second base on the play.

Matching 5 numbers without the Powerball will get you a cool $1 million while simply matching the Powerball number earns you $4. The good news is that your chances of winning any prize is 1 in 24.9.

There is only one way to increase your odds of winning Powerball. You have to buy more tickets. Purchasing multiple tickets can be done in two ways: The basic method is choosing numbers randomly or using a quick pick machine.

Does 2 matches in Powerball win anything? ›

In Powerball, having two numbers match the drawn numbers, along with the Powerball number, will win you a prize. The prize amount for matching two numbers plus the Powerball can vary depending on the specific Powerball drawing and the number of winners, but it is typically a small amount, such as $7 or $14.

The Powerball jackpot is won by matching five white balls, in any order, plus the one red Powerball number. You can win seven additional ways by matching fewer numbers (see Prizes & Odds chart for details).

The Power Play option — which costs an extra $1.00, turning a $2 ticket into a $3 ticket — does the following: has no effect on the Jackpot/Grand Prize, always doubles the payout of the second-most-lucrative prize, and.