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Powerball - American Popular Lottery
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American Powerball is leading lottery game in the United States and one of the world's biggest lotteries, producing giant jackpots (first prizes) and is played traditional way and online, by millions of lottery games enthusiasts, from around the world.
Powerball is growing as California state joined the Powerball community in April 2013. |
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Powerball has started in 1988 by the MUSL (Multi-State Lottery Association) and then was known as "Lotto America". After growing rapidly, the name of this lotto game was officially changed to the U.S. Powerball, in April 1992.
Consequently increasing the popularity of this lottery game, there was so-called "Power Play" option added in March 2001 that allows players to increase secondary prizes by two to four times.
The U.S. Powerball lottery offer us some of the biggest world's first prizes with rollovers happen very often.
Consequently increasing the popularity of this lottery game, there was so-called "Power Play" option added in March 2001 that allows players to increase secondary prizes by two to four times.
The U.S. Powerball lottery offer us some of the biggest world's first prizes with rollovers happen very often.
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You should be aware that the first prize (jackpot) starts at minimum $40 million figure.
In fact this American lotto game is a world's attraction and is played online across the globe. Some foreign lottery companies wanted to copy the enormous success of this American Powerball and setting- up their own versions of Powerball game. You can play versions of Powerball games in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, already. Amazing! On the left picture: Powerball lottery blank play-slips, used by local players to choose their personal numbers, by traditional way. |
Powerball lottery basic information
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To play the Powerball game, a lotto player picks five unique numbers from the range of numbers from 1 to 59 (white balls) and one additional number from the range of numbers 1 to 36 (red ball called Powerball number).
This means that Powerball is a traditional draw-style lotto-game of chance and is lottery type of 5/59 + 1/35. You can win Powerball's jackpot too, just hit five white balls and one red ball, next draw! The current Powerball's record jackpot is the $590 million and is the second largest lottery prize ever won in the history of the whole world. The winning ticket was claimed two weeks after the historic Powertball draw took place, by a woman in sunny Florida. On the right picture: Powerball lottery draw machine with white balls in action, in TV studio. |
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The Powerball jackpot starts at minimum $40 million dollars and increases by no less than $5 million per next drawing when there is no winner of the first prize.
Powerball drawings take place in Wednesdays and Saturdays at 23:00 (11:00 pm) U.S. Eastern Time.
Powerball jackpot is paid in 29 annual installments and when you choose cash option (one-time payment), you will receive about 50% of your jackpot winning figure.
There is tax requirement of about 36.00%.
Powerball jackpot is paid in 29 annual installments and when you choose cash option (one-time payment), you will receive about 50% of your jackpot winning figure.
There is tax requirement of about 36.00%.
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The odds of winning the smallest prize in Powerball are as 1:56 and you need to hit only bonus number (Powerball number) to win this prize. It's always a pleasant thing to win even the smallest prize.
However, if you want to win the first prize, the odds of winning are as 1:175,223,510. With 9 prize categories (divisions) and Power Play option that doubles the $1 million secondary prize, lotto fans have many possibilities to win some huge secondary prizes, if no lucky in hitting jackpot. |
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Powerball lottery latest results
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American Powerball lottery is available to play virtualy from any place in the World, using credit card, debit card and other electronic payment methods, including PayPal, Skrill/Moneybookers or bank transfer.
If you can’t get to any participating state in the United States in person, you can buy Powerball lottery tickets online, easily, simply and fast.
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Play the Powerball lottery online and get your hands on some of the largest America's jackpots.
All you have to do is to click "PLAY" above, or please click the button below.
Play the Powerball lottery online and get your hands on some of the largest America's jackpots.