JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Some Mississippi Lottery players won big by playing the $1 Powerball Power Play option. According to the Mississippi Lottery, two tickets were sold last week with the add-on, doubling the $50,000 prizes to $100,000.

Last week’s winning tickets were sold at the Walmart Superstore in Corinth and Ramey’s in Gautier. Both players matched four out of five white balls and the red Powerball for a $50,000 prize. Because they added the $1 Power Play option, their winnings were doubled to $100,000 each.

“These recent wins are a strong reminder that add-ons like Power Play can significantly increase non-jackpot prizes,” said Jeff Hewitt, President of the Mississippi Lottery Corporation. “We’ve consistently seen Power Play wins double, triple, even quadruple prizes. And let’s not forget our largest winner ever came from a $1 Double Play add-on, with a player in Petal taking home a $10 million jackpot prize.”

Powerball tickets are $2 per play. For an additional $1 per play, players can add Power Play to multiply non-jackpot prizes. They may also add the $1 Double Play for another chance to win in a separate drawing with a separate prize chart with a jackpot of $10 million using the same numbers.