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Illinois
The Illinois Lotto game starts at $2 million and grows until someone wins. Players must choose six numbers between one and 52. Drawings take place on Monday and Wednesday. Players must match three, four, five or six numbers in order to win. The player who matches six numbers wins the jackpot.
In Little Lotto players win for matching two, three, four or five numbers. The jackpot starts at $100,000 and grows until someone wins. Chances of winning a prize are one in nine.
In Pick 3 players choose three numbers between zero and nine. There are nine different ways to win up to $500. Players pick the way in which they want to play and if they want to bet 50 cents or $1. Drawings take place twice a day. Pick 4 is similar to Pick 3 except players pick four numbers and there are 13 ways to win. Players can also win up to $5,000. In Illinois’s version of Pick 4 it is easiest to win by playing straight.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin also has versions of Pick 3 and Pick 4. Drawings also take place twice a day. In Badger 5 players choose five numbers between one and 31. There are 169,911 possibilities of numbers. Drawings take place daily. If a player matches all five numbers he or she wins the jackpot. There are also prizes for matching two, three and four numbers.
Super Cash is a game where players choose six numbers from a possible 36. This makes for 1,947,792 possible combinations of numbers. The jackpot rolls over and drawings take place daily. Players who match all six numbers win the jackpot. Players who match five receive $500 and players who match four receive $25.
Georgia
Georgia also offers twice daily drawings of Pick 3 and Pick 4. In Fantasy 5 players select five numbers from 39. There are 575,757 possibilities of number combinations. The jackpot rolls over and in order to win it players must match all five numbers. Prizes are also awarded to players who match three or four numbers. The lower winnings are tiered so players have a chance of winning more.
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