Playing the West Virginia Powerball Lottery

Posted on May 6th, 2008

Though you might not ever end up with the jackpot-winning Powerball lottery numbers, West Virginia Power Ball is still very fun to play. Whether you spend one dollar or ten on the WV lottery Powerball game, you will probably never get tired of watching the Powerball drawing on television twice a week. This is because the excitements of seeing them announce the Powerball winner cannot be rivaled. Every West Virginia Powerball ticket holder is glued to the television every Wednesday and Saturday evening at 10:59 watching them draw the six numbers one by one.

If you have never played West Virginia Powerball, then you are in for quite a treat. Playing the game is quite simple, and tickets are only one dollar each unless you choose to purchase the Power Play option. To purchase your Powerball ticket, you have to choose six different numbers. The first five of these Powerball numbers must fall between the numbers of one and fifty-five. The final number, called the Powerball, falls between one and forty-two. To win the WV Powerball jackpot, you have to match all six of the lottery numbers, including the Power ball.

If you do not like the idea of choosing your West Virginia Powerball lottery numbers for yourself, you can choose the Quick Pick option and let the computer choose them for you. However, most people find this to be less fun than choosing their own Powerball lottery numbers. You can base them on your birthday or your family members’ birthdays, or you can play numbers that came to you in dream. You can pick your Powerball lottery numbers by counting the number of cars in the parking lot, or you can go by some sort of formula. The possibilities are endless; as is the fun you will have playing the West Virginia Powerball lottery drawing game.

West Virginia lottery fans can log on to the official West Virginia lottery website to check the latest lotto results for all of the games offered by the West Virginia lottery. In addition to the regular games offered by the West Virginia lottery West Virginia also participates in the multi state Powerball lottery. It has been rumored that most states will offer Powerball and Mega Millions to players sometime in 2010 and there are rumors of a national lottery. For now the West Virginia lottery does not allow players to purchase lottery tickets online. Online gambling transactions remain controversial in the US due to ill advised legislation passed in 2006 by Congress. Once the details are worked out many states are prepared to offer the sale of online lottery tickets to players.