The Powerball is legally run. It is not fixed! The only person who knows what is tonight's winning numbers are is a person who can predict the future. If there are such people, (and they probably do not exist), they are Not to going you what the numbers will be. They are going to keep that information to themselves and make as much money as they can.
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It depends on how big a prize you want to win. You can win a prize with even one correct number. For example, in Powerball, if you match just the Powerball number, you win $4.00. For Ozlotto, you are required to get 7 correct numbers, none being any of the 2 supplementary numbers. In Powerball you are required to get all 5 numbers plus the Powerball to win the biggest prize.
Thats five matching numbers 1-55 and the Powerball match a 1-42 chance. Odds of winning the Powerball Jackpot are 1 in 146,107,962 With the addition of Florida to the PowerBall (Jan, 2009). The probablity has changed. It is now:Five matching numbers 1-59 and the Powerball match a 1-39 chanceOdds of winning the Powerbal Jackpot are 1 in 195,249,054
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To win the jackpot there are 5,006,386 combinations for the five numbers x 35 powerball choices, so there are 175,223,510 combinations for picking the jackpot combination.
That depends on the lottery. For example: In the USA, Megamillions has 6 and Powerball uses 5/59 (white balls) + 1/39 (Powerballs) for a total of 6. Canada's Lotto Max uses 7 numbers. New Zeland's Powerball game has a standard pick 6 from 40 Lotto numbers with an additional pick 1 from 10 Powerball number (which is either 6 or 7 depending on how you look at it)