Your chances of winning the Powerball this fall just got a lot worse. In October, Powerball will change the fields of numbers available in drawings.
Right now there are 59 balls in the field of possible numbers in the first part of the drawing , to select the five winning balls. The Gaming Commission plans to add 10 balls to that field, raising it to 69 balls. This will change the odds from 1 in 175.2 million to 1 in 292 million.
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But there is good news for optimists. You will have a better chance at winning a lesser price. Powerball will lower the number of balls in the second field from which the actual Powerball is drawn. That field will drop from 35 to 26. The lowest prize in Powerball is $4, which is won by just choosing the Powerball number correctly.
The new changes take effect on October 4 in time for the October 7 drawing.