Lottery mathematics a game is Mega Millions, albeit with different jackpot odds. Where more than 1 powerball is drawn from a separate pool of balls to the main lottery (for example, in the EuroMillions game), the odds of the different possible powerball matching scores are calculated using the method shown in the "other scores" section above (in other words, the powerballs are like a mini-lottery in their own right), and then multiplied by the odds of achieving the required main-lottery score. If the powerball is drawn from the "same" pool of numbers as the main lottery, then, for a given target score,
Lottery machine Lottery machine A lottery machine is the machine used to draw the winning numbers for a lottery. Early lotteries were done by drawing numbers, or winning tickets, from a container. In the UK, numbers of winning Premium Bonds (which were not strictly a lottery, but very similar in approach) were generated by an electronic machine called ERNIE. Common lottery machines consist of balls with numbers printed on them, which are then mixed in the central chamber, and then drawn one at a time. Such machines are transparent so the balls are visible throughout the entire process instead of disappearing inside