Federal and state taxes are mandatorily withheld before the prize is paid.
Powerball tickets cost $ two per play, and tickets are sold in 45 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
According to the Powerball website, the odds of winning the Grand Prize is 1 in 292,201,338, although the odds of taking dwelling $1 million is one in 11,688,053.
As of October 2021, prizes for winning tickets with the Energy Play add-on are subject to a 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, or 10x multiplier, chosen at random ahead of every single drawing.