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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: 13. PowerPlay: 3x. One ticket sold in Oregon won a $40,000 prize, the Oregon Lottery said. The Powerball jackpot starts at $40 million and grows until there's a winner. Saturday night's $949.8 million jackpot is a record, and $1.3 billion would set a new bar.