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Since tickets cost $2, the prize pool has to be at least ($2 x 175 million = ) $350 million before buying a Powerball ticket is what gamblers call a positive-expectation play â a bet that, statistically, will pay more than $1 for each $1 played.
Powerball's last major jackpot was in February 2014, when it climbed to $425 million . Tickets cost $2 and include picking five numbers between 1 and 59 and then one Powerball number between 1 and 35. The drawings are at 10:59 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays and the cut off to buy tickets is 9:45 p.m. on the day of drawings.