Ohio Player Wins $150,000 in Powerball
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A person in Ohio won $150,000 in the Powerball game.
Powerball is a big lottery game in the United States. People buy tickets and pick numbers. Then the game shows winning numbers. If your numbers match, you can win money.
This win happened after the drawing on October 31. A drawing is when the winning numbers are picked.
The $150,000 prize is smaller than the big jackpot. A jackpot is the top prize in a lottery. Nobody won the jackpot in this drawing.
The Powerball jackpot is now $793 million. This is a very large amount of money. People across the country are buying tickets. They hope to win the big prize.
If someone wins the jackpot, they do not get all the money. The government takes some money for taxes. Taxes are money people pay to the government.
The next Powerball drawing will happen soon. Many people will try their luck again.
Vocabulary6 words
- Powerball
- a popular lottery game in the US
- lottery
- a game where you can win money with lucky numbers
- tickets
- small papers you buy to join a game
- drawing
- the moment winning numbers are picked
- jackpot
- the biggest prize in a game
- taxes
- money you must pay to the government
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1. $150,000 2. October 31 3. The biggest prize in a lottery
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A person in Ohio won $_____ in the Powerball game.
Powerball is a big _____ game in the United States. People buy tickets and pick _____.
This win happened after the _____ on October 31.
The $150,000 prize is smaller than the big _____.
The Powerball jackpot is now $_____ million.
If someone wins the jackpot, they do not get all the money because of _____.
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