A decision to play the Power Play add-on feature turned a $50,000 Powerball prize into a $100,000 prize for one lucky Missouri Lottery player when the Power Play multiplier number drawn was 2.
The ticket, purchased at ZX, 4123 Telegraph Road in St. Louis for the Aug. 28 drawing, matched four of the five white-ball numbers drawn, as well as the Powerball number.
Power Play is a $1 add-on to Powerball that offers players the chance to multiply their winnings by a multiplier number drawn before each drawing.
Powerball is a $2 per play multi-state Draw Game with drawings held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 9:59 p.m. All current and past winning numbers can be found at MOLottery.com.
In FY23, players in St. Louis County won more than $207.7 million in Missouri Lottery prizes, retailers received more than $20 million in commissions and bonuses, and more than $76 million in Lottery proceeds went to education programs in the county.
