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Kentucky 5 commenced the ticket sales on November 20, 2022, and the first drawing was held one day later.
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Lucky For Life is drawn every day of the week. Players choose five white balls (1–48) and one Lucky Ball (1–18) or allow the computer to randomly select their numbers by choosing the Quick Pick option. The top prize is $ 1,000-per-day-for-life; the second prize is $ 25,000-per-year-for-life. Winners
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5 Card Cash is drawn daily and also has an instant win feature. Each 5 Card Cash play costs $ 2 and only one play will be printed on a ticket. Each ticket is a quick pick play with five card symbols, no card knowledge or skill is needed to play. Players can win instantly at the time of purchase if
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Kentucky Lottery offers more than 40 Scratch-offs at any given time, ranging in price from $ 1 to $ 50. The Fastest Road to $ 3 Million, Break Fort Knox, and 300x (as of 2024) are $ 30 tickets offering a $ 3 million top prize, the largest top prize ever offered by the Kentucky Lottery. The first
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Powerball is drawn three nights a week - Mondays, Wednesdays and
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Players choose five white ball (1-70) and one Mega Ball (1-25) or they can select the Quick Pick option to let the computer randomly select their numbers. Each play is $ 2 and for an additional $ 1 per play, the
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CASH POP drawings are every day, every four minutes. Players choose how many CASH POP numbers to play per draw. They select 1 number or up to 15 numbers from 1 to 15, or select Quick Pick and let the computer randomly select number(s) for them. Players can select "Cover All" to play all 15 numbers
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Keno offers a top prize of $ 100,000. Drawings take place every four minutes. Players choose how many numbers (spots) they want to play per draw. They can select up to 10 numbers from 1 through 80 or select Quick Pick and let the computer randomly select numbers for them. For an additional cost
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the card symbols on their ticket match a specified winning hand from the prize structure. The top prize for an instant win is $ 5,000. The top prize for the nightly drawing is $ 100,000. The game has ended as of the
Saturday, March 26, 2022, drawing.
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173:(numbered 1 through 25). Cash Ball offers a top prize of $ 225,000 and each play is only $ 1. For an additional $ 1 per play, players can add EZ Match for a chance to win up to $ 500 instantly.
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Kentucky Lottery players can play Instant Play games on the Kentucky Lottery's website. There are nearly 60 games to choose from 50-cents to $ 20 in price, with top prizes reaching $ 300,000.
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Cash Ball 225 is drawn daily. Cash Ball uses a 4+1 matrix (Mega Millions and Powerball each use a 5+1 matrix). Cash Ball draws four numbers from 1 through 35, followed by the
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