--- title: This Graphic Shows How Your Powerball Odds Just Got Better—and Worse description: This graphic shows why there will be more payouts and bigger prizes—but more losers too authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Personal Finance - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true - name: Lon Tweeten url: https://money.com/author/lon-tweeten/ former_staff: true published: '2015-10-08T18:36:20.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T07:05:35.000Z' section: Personal Finance tags: - gambling word_count: 134 canonical: https://money.com/powerball-lottery-new-rules-odds/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![This Graphic Shows How Your Powerball Odds Just Got Better—and Worse](https://img.money.com/2015/10/powerballfinal.jpg?quality=85&w=419&h=569&crop=1) The [new Powerball rules](http://www.lotteryusa.com/powerball/) are a win-win for state lotteries. By tweaking the number of red and white balls to choose from, the already-horrendous odds of winning the jackpot are worse than ever. But more people are expected to play because the grand prizes will be bigger and the chances of winning *something* (like a measly $4) have actually increased. The first drawing under the new system was in early October, and—not surprisingly—nobody won the $50 million jackpot. The big prize for Powerball has kept creeping upward, and the drawing for Wednesday, January 13, will feature a [jackpot over $1.5 billion](https://money.com/powerball-lottery-jackpot-record/). Check out the graphic below to see how your odds of winning have changed—for better and for worse. ![New Powerball rules](https://img.money.com/2016/01/new-powerball-rules.png) **Read Next**: [*New Powerball Odds Are Part of America's Long Love Affair With Lotteries*](https://time.com/4062638/powerball-lottery-history/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/powerball-lottery-new-rules-odds/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Personal Finance", "item": "https://money.com/personal-finance/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Making Money", "item": "https://money.com/making-money/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "This Graphic Shows How Your Powerball Odds Just Got Better—and Worse" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/powerball-lottery-new-rules-odds/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/powerball-lottery-new-rules-odds/", "name": "This Graphic Shows How Your Powerball Odds Just Got Better—and Worse", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2015-10-08T18:36:20.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/powerball-lottery-new-rules-odds/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/powerball-lottery-new-rules-odds/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-16T07:05:35.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "This Graphic Shows How Your Powerball Odds Just Got Better—and Worse", "articleSection": "Personal Finance", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2016/01/twitter-new-powerball-rules.png", "width": 616, "height": 307 }, { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2016/01/new-powerball-rules.png", "width": 800, "height": 5767 } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brad Tuttle", "url": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/#author", "description": "Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals.\r\n\r\n", "image": "https://img.money.com/2014/01/Brad-Tuttle.png?w=226&h=247&crop=1", "alumniOf": "Columbia University School of Journalism, MS", "sameAs": [ "https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle", "https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225" ] }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lon Tweeten", "url": "https://money.com/author/lon-tweeten/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/lon-tweeten/#author", "email": "lon_tweeten@timemagazine.com" } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2015-10-08T18:36:20.000Z", "description": "This graphic shows why there will be more payouts and bigger prizes—but more losers too", "abstract": "This graphic shows why there will be more payouts and bigger prizes—but more losers too", "@id": "https://money.com/powerball-lottery-new-rules-odds/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-04-16T07:05:35.000Z", "wordCount": 134, "keywords": [ "gambling" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Personal finance", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_finance" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Income", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income" ] } ] } ] } ```