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Mega Millions (which began as The Big Game in 1996, which the renamed to The Big Game Mega Millions 6 years later) is an American multi-jurisdictional lottery game; it is offered in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The 1st (The Big Game) Mega Millions drawing was in 2002 (see below).

The Michigan Lottery offers numerous on-line and scratch-off games, giving players a wide variety of prize possibilities.

Initiated under the authority of Public Act 239 in 1972, the games collect funds to support Michigan’s public school system.

Powerball is an American lottery game offered by 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.

It is coordinated by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), a nonprofit organization formed by an agreement with US lotteries.

Powerball's minimum advertised jackpot is $40 million (annuity); Powerball's annuity is paid in 30 graduated installments; winners may choose cash instead.

A lottery is a form of legalized government gambling that involves the drawing of numbers for a prize.

Lotteries are outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery.

It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments; the most common regulation is prohibition of sale to minors.

Though lotteries were common in the United States and some other countries during the 19th century, by the beginning of the 20th century, most forms of gambling, including lotteries and sweepstakes, were illegal in the U.S. and most of Europe as well as many other countries.

This remained so until well after World War II.

In the 1960s casinos and lotteries began to re-appear throughout the world as a means for governments to raise revenue without raising taxes.

The following is a list of lottery games in the United States and Canada in which five regular numbers are drawn from a larger set of numbers.

The list includes the name, the number field for each, and the frequency of drawings.

All pick-5 games in the U.S. and Canada are drawn multiple times per week (usually nightly, including Sundays and holidays); some lotteries now draw a five-number game twice daily.