Jun
08
2009
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The Ins and Outs of The California SuperLotto

The California SuperLotto is one of the largest single State lotteries within the country. With a base level jackpot of $7 million, the Lotto at its lowest level is still a multimillion dollar jackpot that anyone would be happy to win. However, as with any major lottery game, the jackpot prize in the SuperLotto game can grow to mammoth proportions if it goes un-won for several weeks at a time. At its record high, the California SuperLotto reached a high of $193 million, a number that could easily rival the jackpots offered by some of the large multi state lotteries.

Winners of this massive jackpot also have an option available to them which is fairly similar to those which are offered by other major lotteries to their jackpot winners. When someone wins the jackpot they do have an option to take either a single cash payment as a lump sum, or to be paid an annuity over twenty six years until the jackpot is paid out. This option was put in place by the California Lottery Association as an option for the player’s benefit, to ensure that they can take the payment option which is the most beneficial to themselves.

The California SuperLotto Plus game is modeled after the Mega Millions multi state game, which has for a time now been the most popular lottery game in the country, making it the logical choice to model a smaller state game upon. The game requires the selection of six numbers in order to win the jackpot.  The first five numbers are selected from a pool of 47 numbers, and the sixth “Mega Number” is selected from a separate pool of twenty seven numbers. This contemporary 47/27 format (as it is known) has been in place since the year 2000.

One of the fun things for people who like to play the lottery is that this is a game that is still played the traditional method for lottery games. While many lottery games have now moved to a format that chooses numbers using a computerized program to randomly generate the picks, the SuperLotto has remained traditional and still has standardized rubber balls which are selected in order to choose the lotteries winning numbers. This again is similar to the multi state lotteries upon which it is modeled, as he Mega Millions California edition still also uses a physical selection mechanism for choosing its winning numbers.

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Jun
06
2009
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Bingo! The 500 Year Old Game is Still Going Strong…

Some people believe that the game of bingo is only for the elderly, but in past years younger, hipper players have started to arrive at the game. The game of bingo is played first with everyone having their own bingo board. The bingo board contains letters and numbers together that will be used during bingo calling. All players have a bingo marker that will stamp their board if their bingo numbers and letters are called. The bingo caller is key in the game of bingo. He or she stands at the front of the group and spins balls in a manual machine. Once a ball is called out, then players find it on their board and stamp it. The game is won when a player gets five numbers and letters in a row. The row can be horizontal, diagonal, or vertical in the game of bingo.

Many states feature variations of the game of bingo on their lottery tickets, while video bingo has become one of the fastest growing online games. Video bingo can also be played at many different casinos across the globe.

The game of bingo is linked to a lottery game first played in Italy around 1530, giving the game a rich history that most other games cannot beat. Because of its attraction the game of bingo is played with different themes as well. There are even some people that attend drag queen bingo, in which a drag queen is the bingo caller for the evening. Those games usually end up half comedy show and half bingo.

The special markers that are used in the game of bingo are called daubers. These markers are round in shape so that the entire letter and number are properly marked. Other special terms in the game of bingo are “cased” and “jumping the gun.” “Cased” means that only one letter and number are needed to complete a bingo, while “jumping the gun” refers to a player yelling out that he or she has made a bingo before he or she actually has.

Many churches and social organizations use the game of bingo to raise money for a special cause. Because the game is easy for most all to play, generations of people can sit in for a game. Other forms that are more difficult have shown up as well. Quick Shot bingo plays with pre-pulled numbers, and horse racing bingo is played a lot by fraternal chapters across the nation.  For more information including free, downloadable bingo games, please visit Basket Bingo, Bingo Gambling or Free Bingo Games Online.

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