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POWERBALL ticket worth $1M sold in Taylor Mill
A Powerball ticket worth $1 million has been sold at a Northern Kentucky retailer. The Kentucky Lottery told WKYT-TV that Remke Market in Taylor Mill sold the winning ticket for Saturday’s Powerball drawing. Officials say it is the first ...
POWERBALL tops $100M cash, Montco ticket wins $330K
The Powerball jackpot is up to $170 million because no one won - but someone hit for $330,000 in Montgomery County. A winning Cash 5 ticket for Fridays drawing was sold at Coles Tobacco on High Street in Pottstown. All five numbers were matched ...
LOOSE ENDS; POWERBALL!
There are three ways to make a living in this business, says Jeremy Irons, playing a Wall Street C.E.O. in Margin Call. Be first, be smarter, or cheat. Now there is a fourth: Powerball. Last week, the chance of winning the biggest lottery in Connecticuts history was one in 195,249,054 -- about the odds of Herman Cains winning the - Jesse Kornbluth Loose Ends column humorously empathizes with the three Greenwich, Conn, investment bankers who won the lottery. (M)0 - Jesse Kornbluth is the editor of HeadButler.com. - By JESSE KORNBLUTH
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Million-dollar POWERBALL ticket sold in Berks
A Berks County convenience store sold a ticket that won $1 million in Wednesday nights Powerball drawing. Because no one hit all the numbers - 4, 19, 28, 29 and 47 with a Powerball of 5 - the jackpot rose to a whopping $146 million for Saturday ...
What numbers are chosen most often in the POWERBALL Lottery?
Powerball is a lottery game. Choose 5 numbers between 1 to 55. Then choose one number between the numbers 1 to 42. This number is called the Powerball Number.
My question is what winning numbers appear most often in both sets of numbers.
Answer: Dont know but I have read that you have a better chance of winning using quick pick instead of choosing your own numbers.
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Ticket Worth $1 Million Sold in Berks County, Jackpot Grows to $146 Million MIDDLETOWN, Pa., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- What would have been a $200,000 ...
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Tennessee POWERBALL Drawing In More Customers
BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Its been two weeks since the new Powerball game in Tennessee launched and local ticket sellers say the new game is drawing in more customers. According to the Tennessee Lottery, the new Powerball game features bigger jackpots, better ...
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POWERBALL & Lotto Jackpots Roll Over « CBS Miami
Florida Lotto and Powerball players are hoping they'll have better luck this Wednesday to win lots of cash as the jackpots for both games grows even higher.
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What is the best steategy for winning POWERBALL?
I have been searching for strategies to win the Powerball. Does anyone have any suggestions? If you are addicted to finding that winning strategy, drop me an email. I need all the help I can get. Ill share my opinions with you.
Answer: Let me spoil the surprise for you. There is no 'system' and there is not 'steategy.'
Every time the balls pop out of that machine it is a completely random event that has no bearing on any previous drawing. The random numbers will be produced and if you are lucky they will match the numbers you picked.
The odds of winning Powerball are over 115 million to one. You are significantly more likely to die on the way to pick up your ticket.
You can plan all the systems you like, but you are going to have to get really incredibly lucky to win.
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Why are the POWERBALL and mega millions odds the same for 2nd Place Prize?
It says on the back of both play cards the odds of matching 5 balls out of six and not matching the mega or Powerball are 1:in 3,904,701. But Powerball has more balls 1 -59 and Mega has less balls 1 -56. So If Powerball uses 3 more balls how can the odds be the same? They cant be. The odds of matching 5 out of 6 in Powerball are more like 1: 5,138,133.
Answer: One at a time I will tell you some specific odds of getting certain combinations. Then I will explain why these odds are not the same as what's listed on each website.
To hit 5 balls out of 5 with 56 numbers (like the Mega Millions) it is a 1 out of 3,819,816. (Keep in mind that the Mega Millions 2nd place prize is listed as 1 out of 3,904,701, just like you said.)
To hit 5 balls out of 5 with 59 numbers (like the Powerball) it is a 1 out of 5,006,386. (Again, this is not the same as what is posted on the Powerball website. On the website it is 1 out of 5,138,133, just like you said.)
I'm not really sure what "play card" your talking about. Perhaps you misread one of them.
Now maybe I misunderstood your question from the beginning, but let me finish my point. I'll just use 1 of the above set of numbers to make my point. If there were only 5 balls from 1 to 56, the chances of hitting all 5 would be 1 out of 3,819,816. The reason the Mega Millions website lists the odds of getting this as 1 out of 3,904,701 is because they are talking about ONLY hitting those 5 numbers. Because of the fact that sometimes you'll hit the Mega Ball number, too, this reduces the chances that you'll ONLY get the 5 white balls, and nothing else.
I'm fairly sure I got a bit off topic from what you were looking for. Again, perhaps you just misread the "play cards".
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No big winners in Wed. Lotto, POWERBALL drawings
BATON ROUGE, La. - The Louisiana Lottery Corporation reports that nobody won the major jackpots in the Louisiana Lotto and multistate Powerball drawings Wednesday night. Louisiana Lotto players matching all six numbers drawn would have won or ...
POWERBALL Winning Numbers and Next Jackpot - Florida Lottery
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POWERBALL Rolls Over, Jackpot at $170M
Chicago - No one matched all the numbers drawn in Saturday’s Powerball drawing and the grand prize for the multi-state lottery game rose to an estimated $170 million. The estimated grand prize for Saturday night’s drawing was $146 million ...
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WHAT ARE TONIGHTS WINNING NUMBERS????
Answer: new jackpot 15 million
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POWERBALL - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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How many possible combinations are there for the oklahoma POWERBALL lottery?
The regular numbers go from 1 - 55 and the Powerball is from 1 - 42.
Answer: 146,107,962
There's a good explanation of the math behind this here: http://www.plainmath.net/index.php?page=lottery . For Powerball, you need to first figure out the number of ways to choose 5 balls from 55, then multiply by 42 to account for the Powerball.
Andrew's math would be correct for a lottery that picks 5 numbers out of 42, and where you have to get the numbers in the right order. In Powerball, they pick 5 regular numbers out of 55, and then from a separate drum pick one Powerball from 1 to 42. Also, order doesn't matter. So the numbers could be 1-6-17-28-49 with a Powerball of 17 for example.
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DEALBOOK; Its Official: 3 Co-Workers Will Share Huge Jackpot
A lottery drama may be coming to a close. After three Connecticut asset managers stepped forward last week to claim a $254.2 million Powerball jackpot on behalf of the Putnam Avenue Family Trust, speculation swirled that they were handling the money on behalf of a client who wished to remain anonymous. Now, the beneficiary of the trust has been - Connecticut asset managers Timothy C Davidson, Brandon E Lacoff and Gregory H Skidmore sign affidavit saying they are the winners of a $254.2 million Powerball jackpot; speculation that they were handling the money on behalf of a client who wished to remain anonymous began shortly after the three came forward. Photo (M) - By KEVIN ROOSE
Is a POWERBALL suitable for people with hyper mobility joints?
I was wondering whether a Powerball would be okay to use if i had hyper mobile joints. I get really bad pains sometimes, and I wanted to strengthen the muscle in my arms, and wrist. Is this product suitable?
Answer: In the US, we have a lottery called "Powerball". That's why your question ended up in the "Gambling" section, even though you're talking about a therapeutic ball.
Try re-posting, but this time be careful when it asks you WHERE you want to post your question. Chose a medical category.
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Sell POWERBALL tickets to raise revenue
Let’s make some revenue. How? Powerball tickets. Don’t buy them. Sell them. California doesn’t. They sell only Megamillions. Nevada can’t. So why not the Indian Nations? Is there a law to stop it? There was a law to stop casinos, but the ...
POWERBALL jackpot swells to $170 million
ATLANTA - Georgia residents have another chance to win a big lottery prize on Wednesday night. The Powerball jackpot is estimated at $170 million to a single winner. And it only takes $1 for a chance to win. The Georgia Lottery Powerball offers two payment ...
Players perplexed by POWERBALL
Tummons says lottery customers have been unclear on the changes to the Powerball game that took effect in the new year. Joes Mart is consistently one of the top three retailers in the state for Powerball and instant ticket sales. Joe Tummons, owner of Joe ...
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Power Ball Lottery Up To 200 Million - News Radio 710 KEEL
There were no jackpot winners for last night's $170000000 Powerball drawing. The next Powerball drawing on Saturday February 4, 2012 and.
When playing POWERBALL, how many numbers do you need to get right to win any money?
Also, if you get the Powerball number right, does that constitute anything? Thanks!
Answer: 2 and the Powerball will get you about $35.00
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LOTTERY - POWERBALL
Highlights. Powerball is a multistate lottery game offered in 42 states Washington D.C. and the US Virgin Islands. Jackpot starts at a guaranteed $40 million
On the POWERBALL page it says by the winning numbers, PowerPlay 2. What does that mean?
Do I have to have two tickets to win? Or is powerplay different although related to Powerball? Ive never played Powerball before, so any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Answer: Power play is a multiplier. When you purchase a ticket you can choose to pay an extra dollar for each set of numbers. So if you pick five lines of numbers it would cost $10 instead of $5.
Each draw the multiplier randomly changes between 2 and 5.
Any prize you win EXCEPT the jackpot is multiplied by whatever the multiplier is that time around.
So the best case scenario is if you win the second biggest prize, and the multiplier is x5 you'd win one million dollars instead of $200K.
The question is, if you purchased 10 lines instead of 5 with the multiplier, wouldn't that give you twice as many shots at winning a prize?
You have to decide which you think is the better deal.
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POWERBALL Lottery - Winning Numbers & Results
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We've been getting some great questions about the changes that came when $2 Powerball launched Jan. 15, and I want to share one of those issues with you here today. Theresa wrote to us and said, “I was checking my...
What are the odds of _not_ getting a single POWERBALL digit in a POWERBALL lottery drawing?
I have been playing Powerball for years (maybe 20 times per year). I have had one digit in all that time. For a drawing, what are the odds of _not_ getting a single digit?
Answer: OK, let's do the math.
First ball out of the machine: You have a 54 out of 59 chance that one of your numbers will NOT be picked. Keep track, now. That's 54/59.
Second ball out of the machine: Assuming the first one didn't hit one of your numbers, you now have a 53 out of 58 chance that your numbers will NOT be picked. 53/58.
Third ball: 52/57.
Fourth ball: 51/56.
Last regular ball out: 50/55 that NONE of your numbers come out.
Finally you've got to avoid the Powerball. For that, you've got a 38 out of 39 chance that you will NOT hit the Powerball number. 38/39.
To figure out your chance of not hitting ANY numbers at all, just multiply the following then: 54/59 * 53/58 * 52/57 * 51/56 * 50/55 * 38/39.
Your answer is exactly (unsimplified) 14,421,045,600/23,429,886,480.
Simplified, that is approximately 61.55%.
So more often than not, you should NOT hit ANY numbers at all. Still, if you've ONLY ONCE hit only ONE number, then you are drawing just a bit worse than you ought to be. (Not too much worse that usual, but a bit.)
Above all else, know this: The lottery companies are only paying out around 50% of what they take in! So if they sell $100,000 worth of tickets, they only put about $50,000 into the prize pools! At a 50% payback rate, this makes playing the lottery the WORST BET anyone can possibly make.
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POWERBALL - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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POWERBALL surprise
COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Joseph Bennett got a pleasant surprise with his Powerball ticket. The Covington, Kentucky, man matched the first five numbers in a recent Powerball drawing, but he didnt have the Powerball. Bennett wins the second-place ...
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What is the range of numbers in the POWERBALL lottery game?
When playing the Powerball, what is the range of numbers you can pick for the white balls and the Powerball?
Answer: Here's a link to every official lottery site in the world. The official sites will give you the matrix for each game:
http://numberstorm.blog.com/
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Economic Slide Took a Detour At Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON -- When Representative Ed Pastor was first elected to Congress two decades ago, he was comfortably ensconced in the middle class. Mr. Pastor, a Democrat from Arizona, held $100,000 or so in savings accounts in the mid-1990s and had a retirement pension, but like many Americans, he also owed the banks nearly as much in loans. Today, Mr. - By ERIC LICHTBLAU; Emmarie Huetteman and Derek Willis contributed reporting.
OP-ED COLUMNIST; The Mitt Romney Pardon
Its been superexciting watching one outsized, vibrant and deeply strange Republican candidate after another rise to the front of the presidential pack, then crash and burn. But now weve got to refresh the storyline. Really, even the TV networks are starting new mini-seasons. And theyve got zombies. This is particularly important for Mitt Romney, - Gail Collins Op-Ed column weighs in on albatross around neck of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney because of his track record of flip-flopping on multiple hot button issues; suggests that Romney be given a grace period with which to decide his one true opinion on any given topic, and then go forward from there. (M) - By GAIL COLLINS
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Trumbull Man Gets Two Thirds in POWERBALL Prize Settlement ...
The court-ordered settlement calls for Armando Martins of Trumbull to get $630000 and Nino Nascimento of Bridgeport $370000, before taxes, according to a CT Post report.
How much federal tax on 1 million dollar POWERBALL?
If you get the 5 winning Powerball numbers which pays 1000000 dollars, how much federal tax is withheld?
Answer: They might only withhold 20%, but that won't be nearly enough. You'll have to pay in additional, totalling around 1/3 for federal income tax.
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What is your opinion of the big POWERBALL win recently by the 3 financial advisors?
What do you think about the three guys who won the Powerball lottery recently? Do you think they are fronting for a rich winner as the media has implied? And, what do you think now that they are donating all of the winnings to charity? Do you think this sounds fishy? I wonder if we will ever hear about the recipients of the charities...
Answer: I don't give a rats a$$ about it.
I didn't win, so I don't care what the person(s) that did win does with the money.
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Tonight’s POWERBALL Jackpot Worth $170 Million
TRENTON – Tonight’s Powerball jackpot is worth up to $170 million. No one has won the game’s top prize since a Pennsylvania couple claimed the jackpot worth $128.8 million in the Christmas Eve drawing last year. Two lucky New Jersey ...
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River City Councilwoman Kerri Thoreson Facebooks: "On the way into the studio this morning I noticed on the I-90 billboard that tonight's Powerball jackpot is $170 million. So on the way home I stopped at a gas mart to buy a ...
POWERBALL???
I am thinking of buying a Powerball but am confused by all the different kinds. Is there anyone who can help me choose one? As far as im aware there are 4, the standard one, the neon one, the signature one and the metal one.
Is there much difference between the standard one and the neon one? It costs £7 more so id like to know.
Answer: You mean one of these http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=67&src_t=cat&src_id=gadgets&aff=1272
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Lottery Numbers for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
Jan. 25, 2012 Midday New York Numbers — 489; Lucky Sum — 21 Midday New York Win 4 — 8223; Lucky Sum —15 New York Numbers — 390; Lucky Sum — 12 New York Win 4 — 1848; Lucky Sum — 21 New York Take 5 — 13, 25, 27, 37, 38 New York Lotto — 1, 6, 11, 13, 23, 24; Bonus, 22 New York Pick 10
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$1 Million POWERBALL Winner Comes Forward
A winning ticket sold at the Remke Market for Saturdays Powerball drawing was claimed by Joseph Bennett, 69, of Covington. This is the first ticket sold in Kentucky to win a guaranteed $1 million second prize in the recently-changed multi-state ...
POWERBALL lottery jackpot increased to $180 million | Lottery Post
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POWERBALL?
do you know of any african american people that has won the Powerball in the past?
Note:i am a black guy so this is not a racist question
Answer: I don't know anyone who has won Powerball. You'd really have to research all the previous winners who would have received some publicity after the win.
On the Powerball web site they have a list of previous winners. I did find a black person from 2004, but that was the only one.
Maybe black people are smart enough not to accept publicity when they win. After all why would you want your name and image all over the newspapers, just so your free-loading friends and relatives could call you up for money! If there were any way I could avoid publicity, I'd take it.
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CHICAGO NEWS COOPERATIVE; Some Lesser Imaginings (if John and Yoko Were Living in Chicago Right Now)
James Warren writes a column for The Chicago News Cooperative. With all due respect to John Lennon, its hard to imagine no heaven, countries, possessions, greed or hunger. So lets imagine more prosaic prospects this new year: Imagine the Illinois citizens who can buy Powerball, Mega Millions and Lotto tickets online as early as April! Now throw - jwarren@chicagonewscoop.org - By JAMES WARREN
Web Gambling Given a Boost In U.S. Ruling
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department has reversed its long-held opposition to many forms of Internet gambling, removing a big legal obstacle for states that want to sanction online gambling to help fix their budget deficits. The legal opinion, issued by the departments office of legal counsel in September but made public on Friday, came in - By EDWARD WYATT; Elizabeth A. Harris, Thomas Kaplan and Sarah Maslin Nir contributed reporting from New York.
N. Kentucky man wins $1 million in POWERBALL
COVINGTON, Ky. — A 69-year-old Covington man who won $1 million in Powerball and his wife want to take their twin grandsons to Hawaii after paying off bills. Joseph Bennett claimed the prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Louisville ...
POWERBALL miss pushes jackpot to $200M: Lotto rolls over | News ...
By Patrick Barnard Armando Martins of Trumbull and Nino Nascimento of Bridgeport have reportedly reached a settlement in their legal battle over a $1 million Po.
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Lottery Numbers for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
Feb. 1 , 2012 Midday New York Numbers — 710; Lucky Sum — 8 Midday New York Win 4 — 2698; Lucky Sum —25 New York Numbers — 016; Lucky Sum — 7 New York Win 4 — 6721; Lucky Sum — 16 New York Take 5 — 2, 5, 7, 13, 30 New York Lotto — 4, 6, 20, 31, 39, 54; Bonus, 43 New York Pick 10 — 7,
Northern Kentucky man wins $1M in POWERBALL
COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A 69-year-old Covington man who won $1 million in Powerball and his wife want to take their twin grandsons to Hawaii after paying off bills. Joseph Bennett claimed the prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Louisville, lottery ...
Is it legal to cash in a winning POWERBALL ticket in New Hampshire to avoid paying taxes on it?
I live in New York. Is it legal to cash in a winning Powerball or MegaMillions ticket in New Hampshire to avoid paying taxes on the winnings?
Answer: Most states won't let you cash in a Powerball or MegaMillions ticket purchased in another state.
Besides, you pay taxes based on where you live.
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Powerball Gets a New Look For New Year On Jan. 15, the multistate game Powerball is getting a New Year’s makeover, including a starting jackpot that doubles to $40 ...
Lottery Numbers for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
Jan. 29, 2012 Midday New York Numbers — 516; Lucky Sum — 12 Midday New York Win 4 — 4353; Lucky Sum — 15 New York Numbers — 844; Lucky Sum — 16 New York Win 4 — 3522; Lucky Sum — 12 New York Take 5 — 23, 24, 29, 30, 36 New York Pick 10 — 1, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18, 20, 27, 43, 48, 49, 50,
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Economic Slide Took a Detour At Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON -- When Representative Ed Pastor was first elected to Congress two decades ago, he was comfortably ensconced in the middle class. Mr. Pastor, a Democrat from Arizona, held $100,000 or so in savings accounts in the mid-1990s and had a retirement pension, but like many Americans, he also owed the banks nearly as much in loans. Today, Mr. - Number of millionaires serving in the United States Congress has grown in recent years to include nearly half of all lawmakers; rarely has the financial divide appeared so wide, or the public contrast so stark, between lawmakers and those they represent. (M)/ - By ERIC LICHTBLAU; Emmarie Huetteman and Derek Willis contributed reporting.
How do when know that the POWERBALL and state lottos are not rigged?
I live in Indiana and nobody has won the lotto in forever. Several times the lotto has been bigger than the Powerball with over 10 times the likelihood of winning than the Powerball lottery itself. Surely they can keep track of all the numbers out there and somehow rig the machine to not pick those numbers or to pick the numbers that certain individual related to the inside have. What kind of controls if any are in place to protect those of us who play? Is it possible mafia and or corrupt individuals are taking advantage? Any information or respectful opinions will be appreciated.
lil dark zero, lotto is short for lottery and is what our state lottery is called (Hossier Lotto).
aladdinwa, by not question nor fighting corruption is just how we can be taken advantage of on a daily basis. For example war profiteering is going on like crazy over in Iraq. In a 60 billion dollar audit they found over 10 billion of it totally and completely unaccounted for. That is your money and mine. Tax payers get raped all the time by pork barrel politics and what is done about it? Its about all we can do just to keep it shored up to a some degree. So in light of all this let me ask you, if we are getting taken advantage of almost in an in your face way whats to stop those in control of such lotteries from taken gross advantage of the players for their own personal gain?
HartleyBaldwin, commissions and accountants are not free from the influence of corruption either. As for making a lot of money being a reason they would not cheap I beg to differ. Greed sometimes grows in correspondence with the money you have access to.
Answer: It is in the best interest of the lottery to have a big winner. Big winners bring big publicity, which increases sales.
Remember also that Indiana is only a single state. Powerball is played in 29 states (including Indiana).
There just aren't as many people buying the Indiana tickets as Powerball tickets. Even though the odds may be 10 times better on the Indiana lotto, there probably 100 times as many people buying Powerball.
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