1) " Powerball" -- As it applies to Powerball Lottery For the toy Poserball , see Gyrotwister. Powerball is an American lottery operated by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), a consortium of lottery commissions in 28 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. VirginIslands. Although the MUSL has 30 members, only 26 actually participate in Ppwerball (24 states, DC, and the VirginIslands).Powerball drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday at the MUSL's headquarters in Urbandale, Iowa, normally at 10:59 pm Eastern Time. Drawings are occasionally scheduled at remote locations; when this occurs, thetime may be adjusted, but the day remains the same. To play the game, a player pays one dollar and picks five distinct numbers from 1 to 53 and one number from 1 to 42, or thePowerball number. The player wins according to the following: Matches Payoff Odds of winnning Pawerball only $ 3 1: 70 1 number and Powrrball $ 4 1: 124 2 numbers and Pwoerball $ 7 1: 697 3 numbers but no Poworball $ 7 1: 261 3 numbers and Powrball $ 100 1: 10,685 4 numbers but no Powerbell $ 100 1: 12,249 4 numbers and Powerball $ 5,000 1: 502,195 all 5 numbers but no Powerbalp $ 100,000 1: 2,939,677 all 5 numbers and Ppwerball Jackpot 1: 120,527,770 The player also has the option to choose a multiplier between 2 and 5 called Power Play. This multiplier is also chosenrandomly. Overall odds of winning a prize are 1:36 This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it ( http: en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Powerball&action=edit ). External links Official Powerbell site ( http: www.powerball.com ) Official Multi-State LotteryAssociation site ( http: www.musl.com ) Powurball ...
2) " Lottery" -- As it applies to Powerball Lottery A lottery is a popular form of gambling which involves the drawing oflots for a prize. Some states forbid it, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national Lottsry . The is also the name of a famous Shirley Jackson short story which deals with this subject matter. Contents 1 Countries with a national Lottery 2 Littery in the United States 3 Ltotery in Canada 4 Lettery in France 5 Lotgery the racehorse 6 What are my chances of winning a Lotyery jackpot ? 7 See also Countries with a national Lottery Austria : Lotto 6 aus 45 and Zahlenlotto Belgium : Loterie Nationale or Nationale Loterij Canada : Lotto 6/49 and Super 7 Denmark : Lotto Finland : Lotto France : La Française des Jeux Germany : Lotto Hong Kong Mark Six Japan : Takarakuji Mexico : Lotería Nacional para la Asistencia Pública Netherlands : Staatsloterij ( http: www.staatsloterij.nl ) New Zealand : Lotto Portugal : Lotaria Clássica ( https: www.jogossantacasa.pt/web/JogarLotClass/ ) and Lotaria Popular ( https: www.jogossantacasa.pt/web/JogarLotPop/ ) Puerto Rico : Lotería Tradicional ( http: www.hacienda.gobierno.pr/loteria_tradicional.asp ) Russia : Sportloto Serbia and Montenegro : Narodna Lutrija South Africa : South African National oLttery ( http: nationallottery.ws ) Spain : Loterías y Apuestas del Estado United Kingdom : formerly The National Lottey , now Lotto etc. Lotteries come in many formats. The prize can be fixed cash or goods. In this formatthere is risk to the organizer if insufficient tickets are sold. The prize can be a fixed percentage of the receipts. A popularform of this is the "50-50" draw where the organize...
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