Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $803.9 Million
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The Powerball jackpot is now very big. It is $803.9 million. People can play for the next drawing. The drawing is on November 2.
Powerball is a lottery game in the United States. People buy a ticket. Then they pick numbers. If the numbers match, they win money.
No one has won the big jackpot for a long time. This is why the money is so high now. Many people want to buy a ticket.
Before this, one lucky ticket won $2 million. This was in Cabarrus County. The win was on Halloween night.
A winner can choose how to get the money. They can take it slowly over many years. Or they can take less money now, all at one time.
Lottery jackpots change every week. They go up when no one wins. They go down to zero after someone wins the top prize.
Vocabulary15 words
- Powerball
- a big lottery game in the US
- lottery
- a game where you can win money with numbers
- ticket
- a small paper you buy to play
- jackpot
- the biggest prize in a game
- drawing
- the time when winning numbers are picked
- prize
- money or a gift you win
- match
- to be the same
- lucky
- having good luck
- choose
- to pick one thing
- slowly
- not fast; over a long time
- win
- to get a prize
- money
- what you use to buy things
- big
- very large
- numbers
- things like 1, 2, 3
- game
- something people play
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1. $803.9 million 2. November 2 3. True
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The Powerball jackpot is now very big. It is _____ million. People can play for the next drawing. The drawing is on _____.
Powerball is a lottery game in the United States. People buy a _____. Then they pick numbers. If the numbers _____, they win money.
No one has won the big jackpot for a long time. This is why the money is so _____ now. Many people want to buy a ticket.
Before this, one lucky ticket won $2 _____. This was in _____ County. The win was on _____ night.
A winner can choose how to get the money. They can take it _____ over many years. Or they can take less money now, all at one time.
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