(NEXSTAR) — Unless you purchased your Powerball ticket in Missouri or Texas, you likely didn’t win the $1.787 billion jackpot during Saturday’s drawing. But don’t throw away your ticket just yet.
While only two tickets matched the necessary numbers to win the second-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, Powerball officials said more than 9.9 million tickets won cash prizes in Saturday’s drawing.
Not including the jackpot, there are eight ways to win while playing Powerball, giving you a 1 in 24.87 chance of winning any money.
After the jackpot, the largest standard prize is $1 million, won if you match all five main numbers but not the Powerball. Saturday’s drawing produced 18 such winners: two each in California, Illinois, New York, Ohio, and Texas (though California’s payout may be larger), and one each in Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Oregon, and West Virginia.
A Power Play, which costs an extra $1 per play, increases your non-jackpot prize by 2, 3, 4, 5, or 10 times. The multiplier — 2X on Saturday — is randomly selected before each drawing, and the 10X multiplier is only available when the jackpot is advertised at $150 million or less.
The Power Play allowed two tickets, one each in Kansas and Texas, to turn their $1 million prizes into $2 million payouts, Powerball officials confirmed.
The next-largest prize in Powerball produces $50,000, if you match four numbers and the Powerball — 17 in Saturday’s drawing. There were 232 tickets that did just that on Saturday, plus another 90 tickets that doubled their payouts with the Power Play option.
Matching even fewer numbers can still turn a profit. If you match three main numbers and the Powerball, or four main numbers without the Powerball, you’ve won $100. Matching two of the main numbers and the Powerball, or three main numbers, will score you a $7 prize.
The smallest prize available is $4. To win this, you need to match the red Powerball number or match one white ball number and the Powerball number.
If your ticket has matched any numbers, regardless of the possible prize size, be sure to hang onto it and sign it. Where you can claim your prize and how long you have to do so will vary based on where you live.
