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Types of lottery. A handbook for the beginners.For hundreds of years the mankind has had a soft spot for such a game of chance as a lottery. New types of lottery games began to appear almost every day, but despite their endless variety, lotteries are still subdivided into types that are and will be the main ones. These types include the traditional lottery, a daily lottery, a mini lottery, an instant lottery, a federal lottery and an online lottery..png) Traditional lottery I think that every person watching the TV on Sunday morning and switching channels in search of the favourite program repeatedly will run into a bright, cheerful lottery show. Unrealistically cheerful presenter, standing near the strange machine filled to half with numbered balls, solemnly announce the winning numbers of the dropped balls. This is the real lottery or as it is still called a "Lotto". In the usual draw lottery participants are asked to guess the numbers that will fall out during the draw. The winner is the participant who can guess 6 numbers from 1 to 47, like for example in the lottery, which is held in the state of Michigan. This lottery, as you can guess, is called "lottery 6 of 47". The game in the traditional lottery consists in choosing six numbers on the special paper slip and marking those numbers with a pen or pencil. Next, the seller must enter the combination you selected in the computer and print out the ticket. Then you should buy that ticket from the lottery agent. Those agents can be sellers in shops, petrol stations or sellers in any other places allocated for the legal distribution of lottery tickets. Nearly in all US states the cost of a lottery ticket does not exceed 1 dollar. The lottery ticket is an important document for the player; it will be the only confirmation of your participation in the lottery if you win. After all the operations you have done, the truly exciting moment comes – the waiting for a lottery draw. Usually that waiting does not last long, since lotteries are usually held twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. But there are some exceptions that depend on the rules of a certain state. To conduct any lottery draw there are used so-called lotto machines. The numbered balls are placed in the transparent box and they are thoroughly mixed using some method of the rotation. At a certain point, the machine randomly drops out six numbered balls one by one, the numbers of which become the winning combination. If all numbers in the lottery ticket match, it can mean only one thing - the lucky person hit the Jackpot. When the winning combination is guessed by two or more than two players the total amount of the Jackpot is equally divided. If the combination numbers are not guessed, the Jackpot will move to the next draw. Mini Lottery As you may know, mini lottery draws, unlike a traditional lottery are held much more often and the probability of winning is much higher. Both lotteries are absolutely similar to each other; the difference is only in the number of balls played. For example, in the mini lottery Fantasy (5/36) that is held in the state of Florida, players must guess 5 numbers out of 36, but in the state of Georgia, the same lottery participants have to guess 5 numbers, but from 39 in this case. Daily lotteries In the US many lottery players prefer to try their luck every day. For this reason, they choose games such as Pick 3 or Pick 4. This kind of lottery allows participants to play twice a day, in the morning and in the evening throughout the week. On Sunday, the game is limited to one time a day. Lottery Pick 3 and Pick 4 are also known as Cash 3 and Cash 4. By the rules of the daily lottery Pick 3, the participant chooses a three-digit number from 000 to 999 and in the Pick 4 lottery a four-digit number from 0000 to 9999. The forms in both lotteries provide a choice of the game options, for example straight means in the exact order, box - in any order, straight / box - exact order / in any order and combination - combination. Each kind of game represented in the lottery form has its own value. Straight and box (each) - 50 cents, straight / box - 1 dollar, combination - 3 dollars. If during the draw the choice got on straight, then to win it is enough that the drawn numbers match the selected ones, no matter in what order. In the case of straight / box, the winnings may be doubled if the player can guess not only the numbers, but also their sequence. And, finally, combination means that the participant bets on all kinds of combinations in one lottery ticket. In order to understand better the types of rates should be looked up several examples. The player marks in the lottery any three-digit number from 000 to 999. For example, our provisional number will be the number 231. If the marked option in the form is "in exact order", then the exact number 231 should be drawn to win the lottery. Chances 1: 1000. For another example, we take "coincidence in any order", but in 3 variations. Just like in the previous description, we choose any three-digit number, but with two identical numbers, for example, 255. During lottery draw, this number can win in any sequence (255,525,552). Then we also can select "in any order", but in 6 variations. In order to win this number in the lottery, the following combination of digits (125, 215, 512, 152, 251 or 521) should be drawn. The next example is the bet on the "full match of the first two numbers" and the number 14. To win the draw, the following combination of numbers (140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149) should be drawn. Chances of winning are 1:100. Prizes in the daily lottery, unlike other lotteries, are completely independent of the number of players. The amounts of prize payments in Pick 3 or Pick 4 are usually fixed, since they have a winning threshold. Federal lotteries In the history of the lottery there was a time when states joined together to create a huge Jackpot. Nowadays the whole administrative-territorial units are involved in this. As you probably guessed, this is about such lotteries as MegaMillions and Powerball. The federal lottery MegaMillions unites such states as Georgia, Maryland, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Michigan, Ohio, New York, Texas, Washington and Virginia. Thanks to this serious alliance the Mega Millions lottery can afford to pay out multi-million dollar Jackpots. As you may know, the Mega Millions draw is held in two parts. In the first part, 5 numbers are played, and in the second one additional number. It is known that in 2000 the lottery Jackpot MegaMillions scored the most incredible win in the history of games, it amounted to 363 million dollars. Another lottery, whose Jackpot has quite a lot of zeros is called Powerball. This federal lottery is held in 29 states, as well as in the District of Columbia. Enormous Jackpots go to those who can correctly pick 5 numbers out of 59 and plus 1 additional of 39. In the Powerball lottery even just some of the correctly chosen numbers can bring a significant prize to the player. Instant lotteries All instant lotteries have their own specific names, for example, such as Instant Games or Scratch-off game. The names of instant lotteries are determined by their main action or rather by removing the protective layer from the lottery ticket. Unlike the other existing lotteries, instantaneous has some certain advantage. This kind of lottery does not require the choice of numbers, filling in forms, waiting for draws or announcing long-awaited results. The attractiveness of this game is quite big, because only in the instant lottery is possible a momentary result. If the player removes the protective layer from the ticket and wins, then he can receive his prize immediately on the spot of purchase or at the lottery office. The design of instant lotteries is so bright and colourful that it is simply impossible to pass by without paying attention to them. Of course, the prize pool in instant lotteries is much smaller than the Jackpot in the regular lottery, but still more often and more real. Each lottery can bring the player a sum of money from 1 to 50 dollars. Online Lotteries With the arrival of the Internet it became possible to sell lottery tickets remotely to people all over the world. In the history of gambling business the online lottery is truly the dawn of the newest generation in the world of gaming business. As you know, the number of Internet users is growing at an incredible rate and the number of online lottery sites has also skyrocketed. The advantage of online lottery is the quick provision of lottery tickets to players in the other countries, regardless of their place of residence. Today's players are free to play and win the biggest lotteries in the world. The rules of the online lottery game are quite simple. The player should register on the site of his choice and select the so-called lottery tab, which he would like to play. The next step of the participant is the selection of the date of the draw and of course, the pick of the number. Most of the time on lottery sites there is a “quick pick” function, which allows the player to use the automatic system service for random selection of numbers. After the numbers have been selected, the player presses the "play" button and his selected numbers are added to the page list. In conclusion, the participant in the lottery must confirm the selected numbers and enter his billing information. 
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