New York Lottery («New York Lotto»)
Staff: New York.
Online ticket sales: NOT carried out.
How to buy tickets: have US citizenship or be officially in the country (eg, by invitation, on a work visa, on a student visa). It is legal to play this lottery outside of the States.
Age of participants: from 18 years.
Ticket price (two positions): $1.
Minimum jackpot: $2 000 000.
Max Jackpot Drawn: $65 000 000 (2007 year).
Jackpot payout: or a cash payment of a part of the jackpot, or payment of the jackpot in full during 26 years.
Probability of winning the jackpot: when filling two positions – 22 528 737 (or 1 to 45 057 474 one position at a time).
Probability of winning any prize: 1 to 46,02.
Drawing: held twice a week, on wednesday and saturday.
New York Lottery Rules («New York Lotto»):
One of the distinguishing features of the lottery is the fact, that it is necessary to mark the winning combinations in at least two fields of the ticket. From the lottery drum, in which are 59 balls numbered from 1 to 59 inclusive, falls out 6 balls. One more ball drops out additionally, bonus. It is necessary to guess everything 6 numbers for the main prize.
Winnings distribution table "New York Lotteries" as a percentage of the prize pool (the probability of winning for one / two completed fields):
- 6% – guessed 3 event (1 to 96,17 / 1 to 48,08);
- 6,25% – guessed 4 event (1 to 2 179,85 / 1 to 1 089,92);
- 5,5% – guessed 5 balls (1 to 144 414,98 / 1 to 72 207,49);
- 7,25% – guessed 5 balls and bonus ball (1 to 7 509 579 / 1 to 3 754 789,5);
- 75% – jackpot, guessed 6 balls (1 to 45 057 474 / 1 to 22 528 737).
Lottery history
The original name of the Powerball lottery is "American Loto". The game was created in the distant 1988 year and at that time enjoyed great popularity among the entire population of the United States of America.
The game got a new name 19 April 1992 of the year. Since then, she is known all over the world, like a Powerball lottery. The first draw of the updated game took place three days later - 22 April 1992 of the year. Players didn't notice much of the difference between the two lotteries, therefore the big leap in new audience was not noticed by the organizers of the draw.
Powerball additional lottery option, which allows you to constantly increase the amount of the jackpot, appeared 7 Martha 2001 of the year. Then a lot more people became interested in the game..
It is noteworthy that, that initially the organizers of the Powerball lottery planned to sell tickets only on the territory 23 US states. The limitations were related to the fact, that the organizers did not want to sell tickets in those regions, where tickets for another popular American lottery Mega Millions are sold.
However, in 2009 the representatives of these two games "found a common language". The decision was made, that tickets for both lotteries will be sold simultaneously. From now on, you can buy a lucky coupon on the territory 44 states of America.
Income, which states receive from ticket sales, as well as tax winnings, used at the discretion of local authorities. Most states use them to stimulate government programs., which are related to education and public improvement.
California residents only have special game rules. This state does not have a feature called "Power play". The amount of prizes is also not fixed. It directly depends on, how many tickets were sold for this drawing, as well as the number of lottery winners.
Play Powerball in RF?
On the territory of the Russian Federation, the Powerball lottery game has been available since 1988 of the year. Previously it was called "Lotto America". An interesting fact, that residents of other countries are exempt from taxes on winnings in Powerball. Taxes only apply to US citizens. Moreover, in each state the tax has its own value.
Russian citizens will have to pay taxes at home, if they get a big prize. Small winnings are not taxed, they are credited directly to the participant's gaming account and are easily transferred to an electronic wallet or bank card.
To buy a Powerball ticket in the Russian Federation, you need to contact intermediary sites for help.
The interaction process with this version of the game is as follows:
- Purchase of a ticket by the player on the intermediary.
- The intermediary purchases a ticket from the lottery officials abroad.
- The player receives a ticket electronically and takes part in the drawing.
Such a ticket purchase scheme is required, After all, anywhere outside the United States, it is unrealistic to buy Powerball tickets in the public domain. Intermediaries buy tickets in the USA and sell them in Russia at the request of players. Intermediary websites sometimes take quite an impressive commission for their services. But there are simply no other options for purchasing tickets..
Wherein, the intermediary credits not too large winnings to the gaming account and organizes the service with maximum convenience for the player.
But that's only if, when the intermediary is verified, reliable and has earned its reputation for more than one year of diligent work.
