Pennsylvania Code › Title 61 - REVENUE › Part V - State Lotteries › Chapter 871 - POWERBALL › Appendix D - Chapter 871. PowerBall-Version in effect on May 28, 2011, incorporating changes from January 4, 2009; August 28, 2005; and October 6, 2002 › Section 871.20 - Power play promotion

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The
				  power play promotion shall be available in association with the Powerball game
				  and will continue until the Secretary publicly announces a suspension or
				  termination thereof. The power play promotion will be conducted in accordance
				  with the Powerball rules except that players may purchase the power play option
				  for the chance to multiply or increase the third through the ninth category set
				  prizes won as a result of a Powerball drawing by a number ranging from 2 to 5.
				  The Powerball grand prize, the second category prize and the Match 5 Bonus
				  prizes will not be eligible for multiplication under the power play promotion.
				  The Secretary will on occasion announce, as a special promotion, multipliers
				  greater than 5 or a greater second category prize amount. The second category
				  prize shall be $1,000,000 unless a higher promotional dollar amount is
				  announced by the Secretary.
(b) At
				  the time of purchasing a Powerball ticket from an on-line Lottery retailer, a
				  player may choose the power play option for one additional $1 per play for each
				  play on the Powerball ticket. If a player chooses the power play promotion
				  feature for any play on a ticket, every play on that ticket must participate in
				  the promotion.
(c) At the time of
				  each Powerball drawing, the MUSL shall conduct a power play drawing with the
				  aid of mechanical drawing equipment or any other selection methodology as
				  authorized by the Secretary under the supervision of security and an
				  independent auditor which shall result in the selection of the power play
				  number from among the following series of numbers: 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4,
				  4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5 and 5.
(d)
				  Powerball tickets that contain the power play option and one or more plays
				  eligible for Powerball third through ninth category prize identified in §
										871.8(a)
				  (relating to expected prize payout percentages) shall be entitled to a total
				  set prize calculated by multiplying each Powerball third through ninth category
				  prizes by the power play number. Powerball tickets that contain the power play
				  option and one or more plays eligible for a Powerball second category prize
				  shall be entitled to a prize of $1,000,000 unless a higher limited promotional
				  dollar amount is announced by the Secretary.
(e) The prize pool for power play set prizes
				  shall consist of up to 48.5% of power play sales after Powerball prize reserve
				  accounts are funded to the amounts set by the MUSL. The prize pool percentage
				  allocated to power play set prizes shall be carried forward to subsequent power
				  play drawings if all or a portion of the percentage is not required to pay the
				  set prizes for the current power play drawing.
(f) An additional 1.5% of power play sales
				  may be collected and placed in prize reserve accounts until the prize reserve
				  accounts meet the amounts designated by the MUSL. Any amount remaining in prize
				  reserve accounts at the end of the power play promotion shall be carried
				  forward to a replacement prize reserve account or expended in a manner as
				  directed by the MUSL Powerball Product Group in accordance with State
				  law.
(g) If, with respect to a
				  single Powerball drawing and associated power play drawing, the total of the
				  Powerball set prizes without the power play option and the Powerball set prizes
				  increased by the power play option exceeds the percentage of the prize pools
				  allocated to the set prizes, the amount needed to fund those combined set
				  prizes shall be drawn from the following sources in the following order:
(1) The amount allocated to the set prizes
				  and carried forward from previous Powerball drawings and power play drawings,
				  if any.
(2) An amount from the
				  Powerball set prize reserve account, if available, not to exceed $25,000,000
				  per drawing.