North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 10 - Attorney General › Article 10-16 - Multi-State Lottery › Chapter 10-16-04 - POWERBALL®Game › Section 10-16-04-06 - Power play option

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. The power play option is a limited
				extension of the POWERBALL® game and is conducted according to the game
				group's game rules. The option offers the owner of a qualifying play a chance
				to multiply or increase the amount of a set prize.
2. A qualifying play is a single
				POWERBALL® play for which the player pays an extra one dollar for the power
				play option. Power play does not apply to the grand prize.
3. A qualifying play which wins one of the
				seven lowest set prizes (excluding the match 5+0 prize) will be multiplied by
				the number selected, two through five or sometimes ten, in a separate random
				power play drawing. The match 5+0 prize, for players selecting the power play
				option, shall be paid two million unless a higher limited promotional dollar
				amount is announced by the game group or unless a lower dollar amount is
				announced by the game group under its limitation of liability rules.
4. A prize awarded must be paid as a lump sum
				set prize. Instead of the normal set prize amount, a qualifying power play will
				pay the amounts shown below when matched with the power play number drawn:
POWERBALL® Pays Instead
Matches Per Play
Set Prize Amount
Prize Amount With Power Play Purchase
10X
5X
4X
3X
2X
5 white + 0 red
$1,000,000
$2,000,000
$2,000,000
$2,000,000
$2,000,000
$2,000,000
4 white + 1 red
$50, 000
$500,000
$25 0,000
$20 0,000
$15 0,000
$10 0,000
4 white + 0 red
$100
$1,000
$500
$400
$300
$200
3 white + 1 red
$100
$1,000
$500
$400
$300
$200
3 white + 0 red
$7
$70
$35
$28
$21
$14
2 white + 1 red
$7
$70
$35
$28
$21
$14
1 white + 1 red
$4
$40
$20
$16
$12
$8
0 white + 1 red
$4
$40
$20
$16
$12
$8
Rarely, under the game group's limitation of liability rules,
				  a set prize amount may be less than the amount shown. In that case, the eight
				  lowest power play prizes will be changed to an amount announced after the draw.
				  For example, if the match 4+1 set prize amount of fifty thousand dollars
				  becomes twenty-five thousand dollars under the game group's rules, a power play
				  player winning that prize amount when a "5" has been drawn would win one
				  hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000 x 5).
5. The following table reflects the
				probability of the power play numbers being drawn:
When the 10X multiplier is available:
Power Play
Probability of Prize Increase
10X - Prize won times 10
1 in 43
5X - Prize won times 5
2 in 43
4X - Prize won times 4
3 in 43
3X - Prize won times 3
13 in 43
2X - Prize won times 2
24 in 43
When the 10X multiplier is not available:
Power Play
Probability of Prize Increase
10X - Prize won times 10
0 in 42
5X - Prize won times 5
2 in 42
4X - Prize won times 4
3 in 42
3X - Prize won times 3
13 in 42
2X - Prize won times 2
24 in 42
6.
				The 10X multiplier for the seven lowest prize levels shall at a minimum be
				available for all drawings in which the advertised grand prize amount is one
				hundred fifty million dollars or less.
Power play does not apply to the grand prize. A power play
				  match of 5+0 prize is set at two million dollars, regardless of the multiplier
				  selected. The game group may elect to run limited promotions that may modify
				  the multiplier features.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 53-12.1-13
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 53-12.1-13