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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 tickets are sold in 44 states, Washington, D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands and Peurto Rico. They are not sold in Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada and Utah. Tickets are $2 each, and sales stop 59 minutes before the drawing, but may end earlier in some states.