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Originally Posted by Beasting
Also, it looks like with PowerBall the states actually cover the smaller winners, and so the jackpot (every penny of it) goes to the person(s) matching all numbers (including the bonus number).
I don't understand what you think you are saying here.
It works like this (numbers totally made up) -
Customer pays $2 for a ticket.
$1 goes to the state (pays for expenses with the balance going into treasury)
$0.50 goes towards paying non-jackpot prizes
$0.50 goes into the jackpot pool
Lottery commission estimates new jackpot number (they are quite good at this)
So the jackpot amount has nothing to do with the smaller prizes.