NDAC 10-16-04-06
Power Play option
Cite as N.D. Admin. Code ยง 10-16-04-06
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 that wins one of the seven lowest set prizes (excluding the match 5+0 prize)
must 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, must be paid two million dollars 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 must 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
$250,000
$200,000
$150,000
$100,000
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 are 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 shall 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 must 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.