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Popularity of the Powerball Lottery
Why is the Powerball Lottery game so popular?
The popularity of the Powerball Lottery game can be attributed to a simple fact: The jackpots are higher and they climb much faster! Because it is a multi-state game, the jackpots and other prizes are much higher than single state games. Powerball is played in 29 states, Washington D.C. and the Virgin Islands. The Powerball Lottery has more lottery members than any other multi-state game, even more than Mega Millions. Because of this, the jackpots climb to extremely high levels at very rapid rates!
Powerball Benefits You and Your State
Not only is Powerball an exciting and profitable game, it is also beneficial to players and their states. All profits made by the Powerball lottery go back to the 31 participating member lotteries. These member lotteries use their lottery profits in many ways to support their respective state programs. Many states use lottery profits to support public education, public health, college scholarships, and many other programs. For example, since 1974, the Ohio Lottery has provided more than $15 billion to public education. In 2007 alone, the Virginia Lottery contributed $437.1 million to public education. The Powerball game helps to make these state contributions possible.
History of Powerball
In 1987 the Multi-State Lottery Association formed. By 1992 16 states had joined the MUSL and in the same year Powerball was born. In 2006 North Carolina became the 31st member to join Powerball and to date, Powerball has grown to 39 members lotteries. Players from all 39 member lotteries excitedly await the Powerball results every Wednesday and Saturday night. Since its beginning, Powerball has had many huge jackpots. For example, on March 16, 2008 a $276.3 Million Powerball Jackpot was won in West Virginia.
Biggest Powerball Winner
In 2002, a 55-year-old contractor, Jack Whittaker won the $314.9 million Christmas Day jackpot
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