Editing Powerball (section)

===2015 format change===
On October 4, 2015, the Powerball format changed again; the white-ball pool increased from 59 to 69 while the Powerball pool decreased from 35 to 26. While this improved the chance of winning any prize to 1 in 24, it also lengthened the jackpot odds to 1 in 292,201,338.<ref name=wp-riggedtheodds/> The 4+1 prize became $50,000; the 10x PowerPlay became available in drawings with a jackpot of under $150 million.<ref name=LotteryWorld2015>{{cite web|url=http://www.lotteryworld.com/powerball-changes-to-take-effect-in-october-2015/9250/|title=Powerball Changes to Take Effect in October 2015|date=7 July 2015|website=Lottery World|first=Mike|last=Redfern|access-date=September 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106214326/http://www.lotteryworld.com/powerball-changes-to-take-effect-in-october-2015/9250/|archive-date=January 6, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Three months later, the format produced a $1.5 billion jackpot, double the previous record, after 20 consecutive rollovers.<ref name=wp-riggedtheodds>{{cite news|title=How Powerball manipulated the odds to create a $1.6 billion jackpot|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/01/13/how-powerball-manipulated-the-odds-to-make-a-1-5-billion-jackpot-happen/|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=Tsfwor$l>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/least-one-jackpot-winner-1-6-billion-us-045419565.html#|title=Three-way split for winners of record $1.6 bn lottery|access-date=January 15, 2016|date=January 14, 2016|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]}}</ref>