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Powerball Results Available Online
Powerball Results Available Online
Powerball, along with Mega Millions, are multi state lotteries that are extremely popular among lottery players. At present Powerball is played in 31 states, the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands. Powerball is a high jackpot game and the largest Powerball prize was $ 365 million. Drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday and are widely televised. Recently the Multi-State Lottery Association announced that Powerball drawings will now be available on the internet.
Every Wednesday and Saturday tens of millions of Powerball players are looking for Powerball results and until now were limited to television and print media. Thanks to modern technology Powerball results will now be available online. The Multi State Lottery Association has partnered with technology company TinBu to provide online Powerball results. According to a press release TinBu uses patent-pending technology to provide interactive data products to leading online and wireless companies worldwide. TinBu has an impressive client list which includes AOL, Yahoo, Fox, CBS and many other companies.
Powerball maintains a studio at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando Florida and TinBu has secured bandwidth through Navisite which will allow millions of Powerball players to check the latest Powerball results online. Rebecca Hargrove, chair of the Multi state Lottery Association’s Powerball Game Group stated, “We are pleased to be able to open another channel for our live Powerball drawings. Even though Powerball drawings are shown on nearly 100 television stations throughout the United States, the technology to add the live draws through the Internet will allow millions of additional players to watch the drawings, live or on demand.”
The internet streaming Powerball results will be launched in November 2009. The ability to check Powerball results online is sure to be a big hit with Powerball players everywhere. In the near future many other lotteries are expected to follow the lead of Powerball and players will be able to access results for these lotteries online.
Many European lotteries allow players to purchase online lottery tickets. The idea of allowing players to make an online lottery purchase has been wildly popular in countries that allow the purchase of online lottery tickets. In the US several state lotteries are considering a similar move and lottery officials in those states hope that sales of online lottery tickets will boost lottery generated revenues. Players would also have the ability to check for winning numbers from their home computers and mobile devices. Lotteries around the world are swiftly adopting 21st century technology.