Amazing implementation of record highs.

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djklaugh — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:46:25 GMT

Go to the official Powerball website and find the page Powerball - Prizes and Odds At the bottom of that page is the explanation of how the Match 5 Bonus prize works.

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rubberbandman — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:46:04 GMT

1) I also know this.

2) I don't think it is either, I thought about pp also, I don't know how they woud implement it, I don't think its ever been done before, but if the interval is at record highs the pool would be large enough for close to base levels especially for pp right?

3) I suppose it is, but it would be interesting, megamillions do not implement this plan, they just continue raising the jp even above pb's max 25 mil interval and that's why mm always have record highs

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Coin Toss — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:09:54 GMT

As far as I know, there's never been a $400,000,000 jackpot yet, let alone $500,000,000.

Also, since this is about Powerball, considering Powerball has a multiplier (Power play), how can the pool possibly be divided equally among all 5 + 0 winners?

Sounds like a contingency plan for something that this particular lottery is figuring will never happen.

Amazing implementation of record highs.

rubberbandman — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:19:23 GMT

I was just reading the FAQ's of various lotto websites thats speaks of powerball. When the jackpot reaches reaches record intervals, the officials implement something called the Match 5 Bonus prize pool. It's crazy; each rollover is an additional twenty five mil which is the max limit they will raise on the jackpot so the rest of the ticket sales go into this pool until someone wins the jp, then the pool is divided equally among all the 5+0 winners. Thats amazing.

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