Poll: Will you buy $2 Powerball tickets?
A Powerball ticket Credit: Albany Times Union
Get ready to pay more for Powerball: Ticket prices are going up to $2.
The move is a strategy to differentiate the game from Mega Millions, another big-money, multistate lottery game that sells for $1 a ticket. Both games are sold in 42 states, plus the U.S. Virgin Islands and Washington, D.C. Both have drawings twice a week, but are played on different nights.
A group of 20 Melville Costco employees won a $201.9 million Powerball jackpot last June, and it was announced last week that a winning $208 million Mega Millions ticket was purchased at King Kullen in Middle Island.
Sarra Sounds Off, Season 3, Ep 4: Top football teams in action, fantasy update and plays of the week Gregg Sarra sounds off on the Nassau Conference II football matchup between Calhoun at Carey, plus the comeback story of New Hyde Park's Gabriel Peter, an update on the high school fantasy football standings and the plays of the week.
Sarra Sounds Off, Season 3, Ep 4: Top football teams in action, fantasy update and plays of the week Gregg Sarra sounds off on the Nassau Conference II football matchup between Calhoun at Carey, plus the comeback story of New Hyde Park's Gabriel Peter, an update on the high school fantasy football standings and the plays of the week.
