Lottery rules require all draw game prizes be claimed within 180 days of the drawing.
A 3X multiplier would turn that $5,000 into $15,000 and so on.
Powerball officials had been fairly confident there would be a winner in last night's giant jackpot and they were right.
In the Monday night drawing, the top rated-winning tickets incorporated a $two million ticket sold in Montana and two $1 million tickets sold in Connecticut and Texas, according to Powerball.