Editing Powerball (section)

===2012 format change===
On January 15, 2012, the price of each basic Powerball play doubled to $2, while PowerPlay games became $3; the minimum jackpot doubled to $40 million, with at least a $10 million rollover for each drawing without a jackpot winner.<ref name="worldlottery">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldlottery.net/news/powerball-lottery-changes-2012.asp|title=Powerball Lottery Changes for 2012|author=Lotto, Lucy|date=June 30, 2011|publisher=WorldLottery.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823062810/http://www.worldlottery.net/news/powerball-lottery-changes-2012.asp|archive-date=August 23, 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=September 4, 2013|quote=The first and biggest change to the Powerball Lottery is the introduction of the $40 million base jackpot. Now, when the Powerball Lottery jackpot is reset after a win it will start at $40 million, tempting even more players in for those early draws. Another promise, that is sure to be popular with lottery players, is the introduction of more prizes. From January, Powerball players will have even better odds of winning a prize worth at least $1 million, and it's that fact that may soften the third and biggest-ever change. From January 15, 2012, Powerball Lottery tickets are doubling in price, in what is the biggest change to the Powerball Lottery draw since its launch in 1994.|df=mdy-all}}</ref> A non-jackpot play matching the five white balls won $1 million. The red balls decreased from 39 to 35.<ref name="Changes To Powerball Coming In 2012">{{cite web|last=Lokay|first=Jim|title=Changes to Powerball coming in 2012|date=June 28, 2011|url=http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2011/06/28/changes-to-powerball-coming-in-2012/|publisher=CBS Pittsburgh|access-date=July 11, 2011}}</ref> The drawings were moved from Universal Studios Orlando to the Florida Lottery's studios in Tallahassee. Sam Arlen began his tenure as host in 2012,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.com/who-powerball-guy-meet-winning-numbers-caller-sam-arlen-2264532|title=Who Is The Powerball Guy? Meet The Winning Numbers Caller, Sam Arlen|date=January 13, 2016|website=International Business Times}}</ref> while Laura W. Johnson served as Arlen’s co-host.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hutchinson |first=Frank McGeorge, MD, Derick |date=2017-08-23 |title=Behind the scenes: How does the Powerball drawing work? |url=https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2017/08/23/behind-the-scenes-how-does-the-powerball-drawing-work/ |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=WDIV |language=en}}</ref>

These changes were made to increase the frequency of nine-figure jackpots; a Powerball [[spokesperson]] believed a $500 million jackpot was feasible (it became a reality within the year,<ref>On November 27. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/27/powerball-jackpot-record-500m-lottery Powerball jackpot hits record $500m as lotteries work to build up higher prizes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202141125/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/27/powerball-jackpot-record-500m-lottery |date=February 2, 2017 }}</ref>) and that the first $1 billion jackpot in US history would occur by 2012 (though it didn't occur until 4 years later.)<ref>Strauss, Gary (February 14, 2012). [https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-02-13/lottery-jackpots-larger/53084968/1 Lottery jackpots may get bigger] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305081545/http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-02-13/lottery-jackpots-larger/53084968/1 |date=March 5, 2016 }}. ''USA Today''. Retrieved February 14, 2012.</ref> Less than three months after the Powerball changes, Mega Millions' jackpot reached $656,000,000 despite remaining a $1-per-play game.<ref name="komonews">{{cite web | url=http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Mega-Millions-jackpot-reaches-record-476-million-144624325.html | title=Mega Millions jackpot reaches record $500 million | publisher=Sinclair Interactive Media | work=Komo News | date=March 28, 2012 | access-date=September 4, 2013 | quote=The jackpot was originally announced at $476 million early Wednesday morning but rampant ticket sales boosted the estimated payout to the $500 million mark. Tuesday night's jackpot was $363 million, fed by weeks of drawings without a top winner. It has rolled 18 times since Marcia Adams of College Park won $72 million in the January 24, 2012 drawing. A winner could get $19.2 million a year for 26 years or a single payment of $359 million. The previous record jackpot in the Mega Millions game was $390 million in 2007, split by two winners in New Jersey and Georgia. | archive-date=October 19, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019190820/http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Mega-Millions-jackpot-reaches-record-476-million-144624325.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> The random ''Power Play'' multiplier was retired for a set, fixed dollar amount payout.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Powerball - History|url = http://www.powerball.com/pb_history.asp|website = www.powerball.com|access-date = 2016-01-13|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130927210514/http://www.powerball.com/pb_history.asp|archive-date = September 27, 2013|url-status = dead}}</ref> The $25 million rollover "cap" (creating larger 5+0 prizes) was eliminated.

California joined on April 8, 2013; it has never offered the ''Power Play'' option, as all payouts in California Lottery drawing games, by law, are [[Parimutuel betting|parimutuel]]. Mega Millions, which became available in California in 2005, offers its ''[[Mega Millions|Megaplier]]'' in its other 45 jurisdictions.

On January 22, 2014, the variable Power Play option returned (2x-5x) for multiplying non-jackpot prizes.<ref name=":0" />

In October 2014, [[Puerto Rico]] joined Powerball; the first mainly Spanish-speaking jurisdiction offering the game; as of 2016 it had not joined Mega Millions.