Powerball Jackpot Reaches $1 Billion
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The Powerball lottery jackpot is now $1 billion. This is for tonight's drawing.
It is the biggest US lottery prize this year. Many people want to win it.
A jackpot is the biggest prize in a game. People buy tickets to try to win it.
Many players buy tickets in pools. A pool is a group of people. They buy tickets together and share money.
Some players use lucky strategies. A strategy is a plan to try to win.
People choose special numbers. Some use birthdays. Some use lucky numbers.
The jackpot grows when no one wins. More people buy tickets when the prize is big.
Tonight, one person or group could become very rich.
Vocabulary15 words
- Powerball
- a big lottery game in the US
- jackpot
- the biggest prize in a game
- ticket
- a small paper you buy to play a game
- pool
- a group of people who share money and tickets
- strategy
- a plan to try to do something well
- lottery
- a game where you can win money by luck
- drawing
- the event when winning numbers are chosen
- prize
- money or a gift you win
- billion
- a very big number: 1,000,000,000
- win
- to get the prize in a game
- grow
- to become bigger
- rich
- having a lot of money
- player
- a person who plays a game
- numbers
- the figures you choose in a lottery
- lucky
- having good things happen by chance
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1. $1 billion 2. A group that buys tickets together 3. True
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The Powerball lottery jackpot is now $1 _____ .
This is for tonight's _____.
It is the biggest US lottery _____ this year.
Many players buy _____ in pools.
A pool is a _____ of people.
They buy tickets together and _____ money.
Some players use lucky _____.
People choose special _____.
The jackpot _____ when no one wins.
Tonight, one person could become very _____.
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