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"The Lottery" is a short story by Shirley Jackson that was first published in The New Yorker on June 26, 1948. [a] The story describes a fictional small American community that observes an annual tradition known as "the lottery", which is intended to ensure a good harvest and purge the town of bad omens.
Washington's Lottery is the lottery system for the U.S. state of Washington, run by the state government.Its games include Mega Millions, Powerball, Keno, Lotto, Hit 5, Match 4, Pick 3, and scratch games.
The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2023 draft took place on November 11, 2022, and was televised on ESPN leading into ESPN's women's college basketball game that evening featuring defending National Champion South Carolina at Maryland. [2]
Megabucks Plus has a similar format as Mega Millions or Powerball. As Megabucks, begun in 1985, it was a "classic"-style six-number game until July 2009.Every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, five "regular' numbers are drawn from a pool of 1 to 41, and one from a second pool, of one to six.
Georgia Five is a 5-digit numbers game. Georgia 5 is drawn twice daily; it has a top prize of $10,000. It was introduced on August 1, 2010. Georgia Five is different from most pick-3 and pick-4 games; players do not choose straight, box, or similar wagers.
Scratch-offs, now the Lottery's best-selling game, became available on February 10, 1976. [5] Pick 3 was introduced in July 1976. [5] In April 1983, Pick 4 began. [5] Keno, initially played only at Lottery retailers equipped with monitors, began in January 1993. (Keno expanded to Keno Bonus in 1999, and Keno Super Bonus in 2009). [6]
For example, a Pick 3 draw of 9-4-3 with a fireball of 0 allows for a wager to win a reduced prize with numbers of 0-4-3, 9-0-3, and 9-4-0 (or any arrangement thereof if Any Order is used). Cash 5 with EZ Match
By adding $1 to a basic Mega Millions game, to $3, a player has an opportunity to multiply any non-jackpot prize by 2, 3, 4, or 5. The Megaplier is drawn by the Texas Lottery (before the cross-sell expansion on January 31, 2010, it was the only lottery to offer Megaplier); it is drawn by a random number generator (RNG).