Tickets cost $2 per play. PowerBall with Power Play tickets cost $3 per play.

The largest PowerBall jackpot to date was a whopping $1.5 billion shared by winners in Florida, Tennessee and California on January 13, 2016.

The advertised PowerBall jackpot is set by MUSL for each drawing. Jackpots are calculated based on anticipated sales for that drawing, funds rolled over from previous drawings and current interest rates for long-term investments. For every $2 ticket sold, 34.0066% is allocated to the jackpot pool.

PowerBall players can add Power Play for $1 more per play to multiply their winnings. With Power Play, players can win $2 million for matching the five white balls or multiply their other non-jackpot prizes by 2X, 3X, 4X, or 5X. When the advertised jackpot is $150 million or less a 10X multiplier will also be added. A player must choose the Power Play option on his/her PowerBall play slip or tell the retailer that he/she wishes to purchase a Power Play ticket. The multiplier number will be selected just before the draw.

You may view the PowerBall drawings on official Lottery TV carrier stations in your state. Carrier stations will air the drawings, either live or within minutes of the live drawings, or display on-screen the winning numbers following each drawing. Viewing times will vary by station. PowerBall drawings may also be viewed via Webcasts on this website next drawing day or www.powerball.com.

Yes. Jackpot winners may choose to receive their portion of a jackpot prize as an annuity payment or a one-time, lump-sum payment (or Cash Option). Jackpot prizes must be claimed within the first 60 days after the winning drawing date to receive the Cash Option.

A Powerball jackpot winner may choose to receive their prize as an annuity, paid in 30 graduated payments over 29 years, or a lump-sum payment (cash option). For the annuity, the annual payments increase by 5%. The cash value option, in general, is the amount of money required to be in the jackpot prize pool, on the day of the drawing, to fund the estimated jackpot annuity prize. The advertised jackpot annuity and cash value are estimates until ticket sales are final, and for the annuity, until the Multi-State Lottery Association takes bids on the purchase of securities.

Federal and jurisdictional income taxes apply to both jackpot prize options.

Check with your lottery for its rules on how to claim a jackpot prize and the correct procedure for selecting the annuity or cash value option.

If a jackpot winner dies before receiving all annual installments, the balance of the prize will be paid to the winner's estate. Upon receipt of a court order, annual prize payments will continue to be paid to the winner's heirs. Other provisions may also apply depending on the laws of the lottery paying the prize.

MUSL requires two weeks to receive wire transfers of funds from all 47 PowerBall members, so the earliest you may receive your PowerBall jackpot prize is on the 15th day after the winning drawing date.

Every jurisdiction has its own law on winners remaining anonymous. Some jurisdictions are required by law to provide the winner's name, city of residence, game won and prize amount to any third party that requests the information.

Other jurisdictions allow winners to create trusts to shield their names from the public, or otherwise claim prizes anonymously. Check with your lottery to see if taking a photo of the winner is required and what its rules are on prize claims. Even if you keep your identity secret from the media and the public, you will have to be known to the lottery so officials can confirm you are eligible to play and win, as well as other legal requirements.

A United States $100 bill is .0043 inches thick.

Ten thousand $100 bills equal $1 million (10,000 x $100 = $1,000,000).

Therefore, a $1 million stack of $100 bills is 43 inches tall (10,000 x .0043 inches = 43 inches).

43 inches = 3.5833 feet. A stack of one hundred-dollar bills equaling $40,000,000 is 143.33 feet tall (40 x 3.5833 feet = 143.33 feet).