In Western countries like USA and UK, lotteries are widely popular. It was at the start of nineteenth century in USA when the history of lottery began. In those days, private lotteries were legal. Later on, some state governments got into this business and started offering lotteries of their own.
In 1985, the states of New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine formed the first modern lottery system. Later on, other states came along and in 1988, a Lottery Association involving these states were formed. Charter members of this Association mostly sponsor Powerball. These states include Missouri, District of Columbia, West Virginia, Oregon, Kansas, Rhode Island and Iowa. The Big Game was formed in 1996. Presently it is referred as Mega Millions. This interstate lottery was formed by states that include Virginia, Maryland, Michigan, Illinois, Georgia and Massachusetts. Later on, a few more states joined this Association. These states include Washington, California, Texas, New Jersey and New York.
Over the years, many interstate lotteries were introduced. Some of these include Lotto, Win for Life, Tri-State lottery, Mid West Millions, Wild Card 2, Cashola, scratch cards that are instant lottery tickets, Keno and video lottery terminals. Among these lotteries, Lotto is the most popular one together with number games like Pick 3. Some lotteries are played almost twice every day. In the range of lotteries, Sweepstakes are also involved. It basically involves marketing promotions along with promotional consumer sales. Depending on the lottery system, the winning amount can cross the one million dollar mark or it can be less than a dollar. Some lotteries are also available to international lottery players.
Lotteries have a positive side – a part of its profits are used for noble 파워볼사이트 causes and charity programs. Among all these lottery options, the Pick 3 is very popular because of its minimum investment. It can be played with just $1, while there is no limit on the maximum amount that one can play. It can be played two times in the same day. Every week there are 12 drawings which include 6-day and 6-night drawings with 50-cent play offer. The top prize can reach $500. Nowadays, players use software and other strategies to win it.
Playing this lottery is quite easy. The player has to only pick three numbers in the range of 0 to 9. Thereafter, the player has to decide how to play it. Players are also required to select the day and time as well as decide how to play the selected numbers. Pick 3 lottery games are held CST times at 12:27 pm and 10:12 pm.
It has an exciting feature which is known as Sum It Up. This presents one more opportunity to win this lottery. If the sum of numbers selected by the player matches that of the sum of three declared numbers then the player is declared a winner. Because of this feature and lowest amount needed to play, this lottery remains widely popular. With a minimal investment of $1, the player stands to win $80 or $160. Players who get all matching numbers can win the maximum $500. When compared with other lottery systems, this one presents a very favorable odd.
