D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 30, § 910
Probability of Winning Powerball(r) Prizes
Authority: Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers, and Bingo and Raffles for Charitable Purposes in the District of Columbia, effective March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3-172; D.C. Official Code §§ 3-1306 and 3-1321 (2012 Repl.)); District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority Order, issued September 21, 1996; Office of the Chief Financial Officer Financial Management Control Order No. 96-22, issued November 18, 1996, and Office of the Chief Financial Officer Financial Management Control Orders No. 97-15, issued May 15, 1997, and No. 96-16 (September 24, 1996); and Office of the Chief Financial Officer Financial Management Control Order No. 15-11, issued April 14, 2015 (appointing Tracey Cohen Interim Executive Director of the District of Columbia Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board). Source: Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 7439, 7461 (October 2, 1992); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 1526 (February 14, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 7224 (August 5, 2005); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 73 (January 2, 2009); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10801 (December 16, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 143, 144 (January 13, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 13017 (October 2, 2015).District of Columbia, Office of the Secretary
910 PROBABILITY OF WINNING
910.1 The following table sets forth the probability of winning and the probable distribution of winners in and among each prize category, based upon the total number of possible combinations in POWERBALL(R)
PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION
| Number of Matches Per Ticket |
Winners |
|
Probability |
Probable Set Prize Amount |
| All five (5) of first set plus one (1) of the second set |
1 |
1: |
195,249,054 |
Jackpot |
| All five (5) of the first set and none of the second set |
38 |
1: |
5,138,133 |
$ 200,000.00 |
| Any four (4) of the first set plus one (1) of the second set |
270 |
1: |
723,145 |
$ 10,000.00 |
| Any four (4) of the first set and none of the second set |
10,260 |
1: |
19,030 |
$ 100.00 |
| Any three (3) of the first set plus one (1) of the second set |
14,310 |
1: |
13,644 |
$ 100.00 |
| Any three (3) of the first set plus none of the second set |
543,780 |
1: |
359 |
$ 7.00 |
| Any two (2) of the first set plus one (1) of the second set |
248,040 |
1: |
787 |
$ 7.00 |
| Any one (1) of the first set plus one (1) of the second set |
1,581,255 |
1: |
123 |
$ 4.00 |
| None of the first set plus one (1) of the second set |
3,162,510 |
1: |
62 |
$ 3.00 |
| Overall |
5,560,464 |
1: |
35 |
|
SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 7439, 7461 (October 2, 1992), 50 DCR 1526 (February 14, 2003), 52 DCR 7224 (August 5, 2005) and 56 DCR 73 (January 2, 2009).