Powerball Drawing Held on Monday, Sept. 21
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There was a Powerball drawing on Monday, Sept. 21. Powerball is a game in the U.S. People buy a ticket and pick numbers. Then the game picks numbers too. If your numbers match, you win money.
No one won the biggest prize this time. The biggest prize is called the jackpot. But someone else won a big prize.
A player from the U.K. won $1 million. The U.K. means the United Kingdom. This player did not match all the numbers. They matched five numbers. This is called a Match 5 prize.
This is not the first time. Another player from the U.K. also won a Match 5 prize before. People can play Powerball from other countries too, not just the U.S.
Many people play Powerball every week. They hope to win the jackpot. The jackpot can be very, very big. But Match 5 prizes are also good. They are smaller, but still a lot of money.
People check the numbers after each drawing. They want to know if they won.
Vocabulary5 words
- Powerball
- a big money game in the U.S. where you pick numbers
- ticket
- a small paper you buy to play the game
- jackpot
- the biggest prize in a money game
- U.K.
- short for United Kingdom, a country in Europe
- Match 5
- when you get five numbers right, but not all of them
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1. A money game where you pick numbers 2. A player from the U.K. 3. No
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There was a _____ drawing on Monday, Sept. 21. Powerball is a game in the U.S. People buy a _____ and pick numbers. Then the game picks numbers too. If your numbers match, you win money.
No one won the biggest prize this time. The biggest prize is called the _____. But someone else won a big prize.
A player from the _____ won $1 million. The U.K. means the United Kingdom. This player did not match all the numbers. They matched five numbers. This is called a _____ prize.
This is not the first time. Another player from the U.K. also won a _____ prize before. People can play Powerball from other countries too, not just the U.S.
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