Powerball Adds Third Weekly Drawing: You Could Win $293 Million Tonight!

The lottery has added a third Powerball drawing on Mondays, giving ticket holders an extra chance at the jackpot each week.

Powerball players will have a chance at an estimated $293 million jackpot with a cash value of $214.2 million in tonight’s drawing.

Powerball, which now will be drawn three nights a week( Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday) is set to be pulled live at 10:59 p.m. ET.

The lottery will now also include a new add-on feature called “Double-Play,” which will give players in certain states the chance to match their Powerball numbers in a separate drawing to win a top prize of $10 million. The first Double-Play drawing will be held Monday after the Powerball pull.

The Double-Play option can be added to a Powerball ticket for $1 per play and will be drawn on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday nights. Players will be eligible to win both the Powerball prizes and the Double-Play jackpot.

Double-Play lottery is set to start in the states of Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Washington.

With the addition of the Monday night drawing, the lottery expects the Powerball jackpots to grow faster and larger. Lottery officials also said they expect to see an increase in the number of cash prizes and jackpots award yearly, but they said that game odds and set cash prizes will not change.

“This is the first time in Powerball’s 29-year history that drawings will be offered three nights a week,” May Scheve Reardon, Powerball product group chair and Missouri Lottery executive director, said in a statement. “Players will still have the same odds and base ticket price, just more chances to get into the game.”

The Powerball and Double Play drawings can be watched live at Powerball.com and on participating TV stations.