Powerball: The Outline
It could be argued that Powerball is not much known. Indeed, to a non-American ear, it may sound like the name of a sports game, such as football. But in fact, it’s an American lottery game offered by most US states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This is similar to other national lotteries held in some other countries. So the ball here means a numbered lottery ball that falls out of the machine. And when it comes to power, Americans kinda like that word, as in electricity or power lunch. This year Powerball hit the 30th anniversary of its establishment on April 19, 1992.
How popular are lotteries in the United States anyway? According to a June 2017 survey by Gallup, 49% of U.S. adults were buying lottery tickets making it by far the most popular gambling game in the country. Statista in turn reports that sales of state lotteries in the United States have been steadily increasing from 2009 to 2021. In 2021 they reached approximately 105.26 billion dollars. White men are more likely to buy tickets than any other group.
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