MUS MULTI-STATE LOTTERY ASSOCI ATION MUSL Multi-S1a1c LoncryAssociation POWERBALL CELEBRATES POWERFUL START TO 2022 Powerba/1 kicks offNew Year on #1 entertainment telecast, achieves top 10jackpot f it seemed like Powerball® got off to a powerful start in 2022, you're right! Shortly after the iconic ball dropped in Times Square, Powerball held a $1 million drawing on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2022. Five days later, Powerball achieved its 7th largest jackpot ever - a $632.6 million grand prize won by two tickets in California and Wisconsin. The $632.6 million jackpot was the second grand prize won since the game introduced a third weekly drawing on Monday nights, with the back-to-back jackpots ranking among Powerball's largest. The previous jackpot, hit on Oct. 4, 2021, was the game's 5th largest at $699.8 million. MUSL and game leaders point to the latest jackpot cycle as further evidence that a third weekly drawing is producing bigger and faster-growing jackpots. PAY�� POWERBALL First Millionaire of the Year ONE MILLION ---- NEWYEAR'S ROCKIN'EVE POWERBALL "The addition of a third weekly drawing has been wildly successful," said May Scheve Reardon, Powerball Product Group Chair and Missouri Wisconsin Retailers with winningticket Powerba/1 Millionaire Brian Mineweaser Lottery Executive Director. "Powerball sales are up in every U.S. lottery jurisdiction, and as a result, we're seeing more dynamic jackpot growth on a weekly basis." Powerball launched Monday night drawings alongside Double Play®, a new add-on feature offered by 13 lotteries, on Aug. 23, 2021. Since then, all 48 participating lotteries have recorded increased game sales. Year-to-date Fiscal Year 2022 sales of Powerball and Power Play® are up 77% compared 20 PUBLIC GAMING INTERNATIONAL • JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022 to Fiscal Year 2021. As for jackpot growth, MUSL recently analyzed two jackpot cycles, nearly a year apart, for its Board of Directors: Draw Cycle 38 and Draw Cycle 44. • Draw Cycle 38 - Produced $731.1 million jackpot in the Jan. 20, 2021 drawing (2 drawings per week) • Draw Cycle 44 - Produced $632.6 million jackpot in the Jan. 5, 2022 drawing (3 drawings per week) Continued onpage 34
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