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The Dec. 2, 2024 Powerball jackpot is expected to be $224 million, which carries a $106 million cash value. Powerball numbers for Nov. 30, 2024 The winning numbers in Saturday's drawing were 4, 24 ...
A mega number, also known as a powerball, mega ball, or bonus ball, is a number drawn in a lottery game that comes from a second number field, rather than among the game's "regular" numbers. [1] As of 2015, forty-six U.S. lotteries offer Mega Millions and Powerball. These games each use two sets of numbers.
A ticket includes up to five sets of numbers; they can be played up to 12 drawings. Games cost $1 per play. Fantasy 5 is drawn evenings at 6:35pm and televised at 6:59pm. The starting jackpot ranges between $60,000 and $80,000. Players can win by matching 2, 3, 4, or all 5 numbers in any order with the numbers selected on their fantasy 5 tickets.
In April 1988, The Kicker add-on game began, as an option for Super Lotto. A six-digit number was added to all Super Lotto tickets, whether or not The Kicker was "activated." When Super Lotto became Super Lotto Plus in July 2000, The Kicker was added to SLP. When SLP ended in October 2005, The Kicker became an add-on for Mega Millions, but only ...
The Powerball lottery jackpot continued to climb after no one matched all six numbers on Monday night. Two tickets matched all five numbers without the Powerball to win $1 million, as Wednesday's ...
California Lottery Director Alva Johnson announces that Edwin Castro won November's record-high $2.04 billion PowerBall jackpot on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, in Sacramento, Calif. Castro declined to ...
DC-5, Florida's Pick 5, Georgia Five, Louisiana's Pick 5, Maryland's Pick 5, Ohio's Pick 5, Pennsylvania's Pick 5, and Virginia's Pick 5 also do not truly fit this category, as they are five-digit numbers games with "straight" and "box" wagers played like many U.S. pick-3 and pick-4 games.
The probability and odds can be taken into a mathematical perspective: The probability of winning the jackpot (through October 27, 2017) was 1:(75 C 5) x (15), that is: 75 ways for the first white ball times 74 ways for the second times 73 for the third times 72 for the fourth times 71 for the last white ball divided by 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1, or 5 ...