The advantages and disadvantages of the American lottery
There are pros and cons to draws from the USA. Having studied them, you yourself can make a decision, is it worth taking part in them. What are the advantages of these drawings?
- Big prize pool and big jackpots. America has the largest jackpots in the world. For example, lottery MegaMillions at the end 2018 won the second largest prize in history, equal 1,5 billion dollars.
- Tickets available for purchase. It's easy to buy a ticket. Formally, paper versions of popular brands PowerBall and MegaMillions are sold only in America. But participation in the drawings is available to Russians, who can use the services of intermediaries.
There is one significant drawback: American citizens don't like, when big wins leave the country. If foreigners receive the main prize, local residents start scribbling complaints to the authorities about this person. No one wants to give a fortune outside the state.
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As you can see, the cheapest tickets are Australian lottery tickets.
Yes, jackpots there are not like American, but Australia does not tax lottery winnings, and the minimum jackpot in Oz Powerball is 3 million Australian dollars.
It turns out, that the ticket price is equivalent to the cost of popular Russian lotteries, and you can win much more for the same money.
The most expensive tickets are in the American Powerball lottery, the most popular lottery in the world. Well, it is understandable - for the chance to win billions of rubles you have to pay a little more.
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Megamillions Lottery («MegaMillions»)
Online ticket sales: NOT carried out.
How to buy tickets: either be a US citizen, or being legally in the country (tourist visa, green card, etc.. d.). Possible Legal Ways to Play Lottery Outside America.
Ticket price (one position): $1.
Minimum jackpot: $40 000 000.
Current jackpot (clickable banner):
Maximum jackpot: not limited and accumulates from circulation to circulation.
Max Jackpot Drawn: 1 billion 537 million dollars won by a resident of South Carolina 23 October 2018 of the year.
Jackpot payout: approximately half of the prize is paid in cash immediately after formal procedures. If the winner wants to receive the full amount of the jackpot, then he must agree to pay the jackpot within 29 years. He will receive the first part of the jackpot shortly after the presentation and verification of the winning ticket, he will receive the remaining parts annually. Moreover, the payments are arranged in this way, that every year the payment will be on 5% more, than the previous. But most of the Megamillions lottery winners («Megamillions») prefer a one-time jackpot payment.
Probability of winning the jackpot: 1 to 258 890 850.
Probability of winning any prize: 1 to 14,71.
Drawing: held twice a week, on tuesday and friday.
Megamillions Lottery Rules («MegaMillions»):
The first lottery drum contains numbered balls from 1 to 75 inclusive. In the second – from 1 to 15 inclusive. Fall out of the first lottery drum 5 balls, from the second – 1 ball, which is called MegaBall. Before the drawing, the lottery ticket must be marked 5 main numbers and one additional, ie. MegaBall. Or use the "Quick Pick" option, by entrusting the filling of the ticket at random to the machine. The jackpot will be shared equally by all those, who will guess correctly 5 balls dropped and MegaBall number. If there is only one winner, then he will receive the jackpot according to the conditions described above.
Like the Powerball lottery, in "Megamillions" you can increase your winnings in 2, 3, 4 or 5 time, bought for $1 option "MegaPlier". And in this American lottery, the option does not apply to the jackpot.
Approximate paytable Megamillions (the probability of winning is shown in brackets):
- $1- guessed only MegaBall (1 to 21);
- $2 – guessed 1 ball and guessed MegaBall (1 to 56);
- $5 – guessed 2 ball and guessed MegaBall (1 to 473);
- $5 – guessed 3 ball and not guessed by MegaBall (1 to 766);
- $50 – guessed 3 ball and guessed MegaBall (1 to 10 720);
- $500 – guessed 4 ball and not guessed by MegaBall (1 to 52 835);
- $5 000 – guessed 4 ball and guessed MegaBall (1 to 739 688);
- $1 000 000 – guessed 5 balls and not guessed by MegaBall (1 to 18 492 204);
- Jackpot – guessed 5 balls and guessed MegaBall (1 to 258 890 850).
As you can see, the differences in the prizes of these American lotteries are, that payments to Megamillions are generally lower, than Powerball. Except for the combination only 4 guessed balls: in the first lottery you will receive $100, in the second – $500. And in case, if the "MegaPlier" option is the coefficient 5, then with guessed 5 balls and not guessed MegaBall you will get not a million, a 5 million dollars. In Powerball, for any value of PowerPlay, the payout will be 2 million dollars in that case, if you guessed right 5 balls.
History reference: in September 1996 the first draw of the lottery "The Big Game" – "Big game", and ticket sales began a few days before in six states. Initially, the drawing was held once a week, on Friday, but since February 1998 the second draw was added, on Tuesday. The game format was chosen for the lottery 5/50 + 1/25, but already in January 1999 MegaBall had to be guessed from 36 balls.
In May 2002 along with the next rule change "The Big Game" was renamed to "MegaMillions". Under the old brand, the maximum jackpot won was 363 million dollars. The first jackpot under the new brand was drawn in the same year, 24 December, and made 68 million dollars. All new states were plugged into the game, and joined in December 2003 Texas Introduces MegaPlier Option For Its Players For The First Time. After that, over time, in almost all states participating in the lottery, this option became available.
The format of the game in this American lottery continued to change.. In May 2002 he became 5/52 + 1/52, June 2005 – 5/56 + 1/46, and since October 2013 acquired the format, existing to this day – 5/75 + 1/15. In accordance with this, the probability of winning the jackpot also decreased..
What do we end up with?
The conclusion suggests itself, where did the prejudice come from, that the citizens of the CIS are denied access to foreign draws. Most likely, players are confused by the rules, listed on the official sites of lottery companies, which, In most cases, cannot sell tickets to their games on the world wide web, since it is forbidden by the founders. However, this taboo was not created against foreigners, but against violating the Constitution of his country and preventing the company from abusing its capabilities.
But that doesn't mean at all, that you cannot use the services of an intermediary. You just need to find a reliable intermediary site and you can consider it a “colleague”, who is on vacation abroad and you simply asked him to go to the store for a ticket and milk. You have the right to drink milk., brought by a colleague? However, you will not be surprised, if the question on the website of a dairy farm “Can I buy a liter of milk from you?, I'm from the CIS?”, the representative will refuse you, explaining this by, that does not cooperate with other countries.
So if you're an adult (and for some lotteries it is enough and 16 years, eg, Еuromillions), you can participate in foreign lotteries. Sometimes, true, there are some situations - some of the countries have individual rules and require the registration of the document data, which only citizens can have. But, often, this goes for those lottery companies, who have the ability to sell tickets for raffles using the Network in their country.
In our case, intermediaries purchase tickets to the cafe for you, shops, at gas stations, in other retail outlets. That is why this rule does not play any role..
Let's hope, that you have no more doubts! Play safely, take risks and collect your winnings!
