How much do POWERBALL tickets cost? POWERBALL tickets cost $2 per play. Therefore, the first POWERBALL drawing that included Florida players, was also the first POWERBALL drawing conducted in Florida, and it occurred on Wednesday, January 7, 2009. When did the first POWERBALL drawing in Florida take place? When the Florida Lottery decided to join POWERBALL, the decision was also made to move the drawings to Florida. When did POWERBALL sales begin in Florida? POWERBALL ticket sales in Florida began on January 4, 2009. Will the revenue generated from Florida ticket sales stay in the state? As with all other games offered by the Florida Lottery, a portion of every Florida POWERBALL ticket sale will be transferred to the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund to benefit education in the state. For a complete list of states that offer POWERBALL visit 3. What other lotteries offer POWERBALL? POWERBALL is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. POWERBALL has nine prize levels with lower-tier prizes ranging from $4 to $1 million - and up to $2 million with Power Play and $10 million with Double Play.

The game's starting jackpot is $20 million and is the largest in the world. All POWERBALL member Lotteries contribute a percentage of sales to a shared top-prize pool so jackpots can grow to hundreds of millions of dollars.

It is a product of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) and is offered in 48 Lottery jurisdictions (including Florida). What is POWERBALL ®? POWERBALL is an exciting, multi-state, multimillion-dollar-jackpot game.

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