Editing Powerball (section)

==History==
=== 1988 precursor: Lotto America ===

Powerball's predecessor began in 1988;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.in.gov/hoosierlottery/lottery_info/history.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206154659/http://www.in.gov/hoosierlottery/lottery_info/history.asp|url-status=dead|title=Hoosier Lottery History|archive-date=February 6, 2007}}</ref> the multi-state game was known as [[Lotto America]]. The game, and name, were changed to Powerball on April 19, 1992; its first drawing was held April 22.

===1992: Powerball begins===
When it was launched in 1992 Powerball became the first game to use two drums. Using two drums to draw numbers from, offers more manipulation by simultaneously allowing low jackpot odds, numerous prize levels and high overall odds of winning (as explained later, a ticket can win by matching only one number). The two-drum concept was suggested by Steve Caputo of the Oregon Lottery. The two-drum concept has since been used by ''The Big Game'' (now [[Mega Millions]]) in the US, Australia's Powerball, [[National Lottery (United Kingdom)|Thunderball]] in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], [[Eurojackpot]] and [[EuroMillions]].{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

Through 2008, Powerball drawings usually were held at Screenscape Studios in [[West Des Moines, Iowa]]. The drawings' host was longtime Iowa radio personality Mike Pace, who had hosted MUSL drawings since Lotto America began in 1988. In 1996, Powerball went "on the road" for the first time, holding five remote drawings at the [[1996 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] in Atlanta. A few weeks later, Georgia became the only jurisdiction to leave Powerball (Maine, which joined MUSL in 1990, left when Powerball began). In August 1996, Georgia joined the then-new ''The Big Game'', then the other major U.S. lottery group. It planned to sell tickets for ''both'' games for the rest of 1996; but within days Georgia was removed from MUSL, not to return until the 2010 cross-sell expansion.

On November 2, 1997, the [[Annuity (American)|annuity]] was changed from 20 to 25 yearly payments; the cash option was added.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://powerball.com/pb_history.asp |title=History |publisher=Powerball |access-date=April 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201013549/http://powerball.com/pb_history.asp |archive-date=2018-02-01 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=November 2022|reason=The annuity change is not discussed at the source. The source does have a significant amount of detail about when changes were made, when states joined and left, etc.}}

In 1998, [[Florida Lottery|Florida]] was given permission by its government to participate in a multi-state game. It was set to offer Powerball; but in early 1999, new governor [[Jeb Bush]] prevented Florida from joining since he believed Powerball would hurt the existing Florida Lottery games. In 2008, Governor [[Charlie Crist]] allowed Florida to join MUSL on January 4, 2009.

=== 2001: Introduction of Power Play ===
On March 7, 2001, an optional multiplier (called ''Power Play'') was added, allowing players to multiply non-jackpot winnings by up to five by paying an extra $1 per game. A wheel was introduced to select the ''Power Play'' multiplier for each drawing (the next year, the ''1x'' was removed from the ''Power Play'' wheel).

===2009: Move to Florida===
With the start of Powerball sales in Florida on January 4, 2009 (with its first drawing on January 7), the matrices changed to 5/59 + 1/39 (adding four white ball numbers and dropping three red balls). This changed the jackpot probability from 1:146 million to 1:195 million; the overall probability became 1:35.

Based on statistical projections, the average jackpot win increased from $95 million to $141 million. Over 3.5 million additional prizes were expected to be won yearly due to the change in probability. The starting jackpot increased to $20 million, with minimum rollovers of $5 million. The jackpot contribution increased from 30.3% to 32.5% of total sales. The Power Play option was modified; second prize, usually $200,000, was given an automatic 5x multiplier, making the 5+0 prize $1 million cash. The bonus second prize if the jackpot exceeded its previous record by $25 million, triggered only twice, was eliminated with the 2012 format change.

The conditions for Florida joining Powerball included a move of the live drawings from Iowa to [[Universal Studios Florida|Universal Studios]] in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]].{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} The three hosts rotating announcing duties from Universal Studios were Tracy Wiu, Elizabeth Hart and Scott Adams (MUSL headquarters remained in Iowa, where its other draws are held). The wheel that was used to determine the Power Play multiplier was retired when the drawings moved to Florida; a [[Random number generation|random number generator]] (RNG) was used until the 2012 format change.

[[Arkansas Scholarship Lottery|Arkansas]] became the 33rd MUSL member on October 31, 2009,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://arkansasmatters.com/content/news/Lottery_Fulltext?cid=258812 |access-date=2016-02-09 |df=mdy-all |title=KARK }} {{dead link|date=July 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> the last to join before the 2010 cross-sell expansion. The [[Ohio Lottery]] added Powerball on April 16, 2010, it joined [[Mega Millions]] (along with New York) years earlier, when ''The Big Game'' added ''Mega Millions'' to its name.

===2010: Cross-sell expansion===
In March 2009, it was reported that [[New Jersey]], already a Mega Millions member, sought permission to join Powerball. Shortly after, discussions were revealed about allowing each US lottery to offer both games. On October 13, the Mega Millions consortium and MUSL reached an agreement in principle to cross-sell Mega Millions and Powerball.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://megamillions.com/mcenter/pressrelease.asp?newsID=D0CC83C2-97D5-4E0F-9FD4-E6945DCB0B98 |title=Mega Millions Official Home |publisher=Megamillions.com |date=October 13, 2009 |access-date=April 14, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714070121/http://megamillions.com/mcenter/pressrelease.asp?newsID=D0CC83C2-97D5-4E0F-9FD4-E6945DCB0B98 |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref> In November, MUSL signed an agreement to start streaming Powerball drawings online.<ref>[http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=137273 "Powerball Lottery Drawings to Be Available Live on the Internet"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101103/http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=137273 |date=March 4, 2016 }}, TransWorldNews, November 9, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-12-07.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.powerballlive.com |title=Live Powerball drawings online |publisher=Powerballlive.com |access-date=September 4, 2013}}</ref>

On January 31, 2010, the date of the cross-sell expansion, Mega Millions and MUSL each added lotteries; eight Powerball members added Mega Millions by May. The Montana Lottery joined Mega Millions on March 1, 2010. Nebraska added Mega Millions on March 20, 2010, Oregon followed on March 28, 2010, Arizona joined Mega Millions on April 18, 2010, Maine added Mega Millions on May 9, 2010, Colorado and South Dakota joined Mega Millions on May 16, 2010. The U.S. Virgin Islands joined Mega Millions in October 2010.

Before the agreement, the only places that sold both Mega Millions and Powerball tickets were retailers straddling a border; one retailer on the [[Sharon, Pennsylvania]]/[[Masury, Ohio]], border sold both Mega Millions (via the [[Ohio Lottery]]) and Powerball ([[Pennsylvania]]) before the agreement and continued to be the only retailer to sell tickets for both lotteries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://local.post-gazette.com/penn+ohio+lottery+and+deli.9.118177023p.home.html |title=Penn Ohio Lottery & Deli in Sharon, PA 16146 |publisher=Local.post-gazette.com |access-date=September 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203254/http://local.post-gazette.com/penn+ohio+lottery+and+deli.9.118177023p.home.html |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

[[Illinois]] joining Powerball on the expansion date, it became the second multi-jurisdictional lottery game (after Mega Millions, which Illinois already participated in) whose drawings were carried nationally. Both games' drawings were simulcast via [[Chicago]] cable [[superstation]] [[WGN-TV]] through its national [[WGN America]] feed. WGN-TV aired Illinois Lottery drawings nationally from 1992 to 2015 after acquiring broadcast rights from Chicago's Fox [[owned-and-operated station]] [[WFLD]] in 1988, which took the rights from WGN-TV in 1987. Powerball drawings were aired on WGN-TV and WGN America on Wednesday and Saturday immediately following the station's 9:00&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|Central Time]]) newscast, with the Mega Millions drawings being aired Tue and Fri evenings after the newscast. WGN served as a default carrier of Mega Millions or Powerball where no local television station carries either multi-jurisdictional lottery's drawings.

On March 13, 2010, New Jersey became the first previous Mega Millions-only member (just before the cross-selling expansion) to produce a jackpot-winning Powerball ticket. It was worth over $211 million in annuity payments; it was sold in [[Morris Plains, New Jersey|Morris Plains]]. On May 28, 2010, North Carolina became the first previous MUSL member (just before the cross-selling expansion) to produce a jackpot-winning Mega Millions ticket; that jackpot was $12 million (annuity).

On June 2, 2010, Ohio won a Powerball jackpot; it became the first lottery selling ''either'' Mega Millions ''or'' Powerball (when 2010 began) to provide a jackpot-winning ticket for its newer game. The ticket was worth a $261 million annuity; it was sold in [[Sunbury, Ohio|Sunbury]]. Ohio's second Powerball jackpot-winning ticket, sold for the June 23, 2010, drawing, was part of another first; since Montana also provided a jackpot winner for that drawing, it was the first time a jackpot was shared through lotteries which sold competing games before the cross-selling expansion, as Montana sold only Powerball before the expansion date.

===2012 format change===
On January 15, 2012, the price of each basic Powerball play doubled to $2, while PowerPlay games became $3; the minimum jackpot doubled to $40 million, with at least a $10 million rollover for each drawing without a jackpot winner.<ref name="worldlottery">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldlottery.net/news/powerball-lottery-changes-2012.asp|title=Powerball Lottery Changes for 2012|author=Lotto, Lucy|date=June 30, 2011|publisher=WorldLottery.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823062810/http://www.worldlottery.net/news/powerball-lottery-changes-2012.asp|archive-date=August 23, 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=September 4, 2013|quote=The first and biggest change to the Powerball Lottery is the introduction of the $40 million base jackpot. Now, when the Powerball Lottery jackpot is reset after a win it will start at $40 million, tempting even more players in for those early draws. Another promise, that is sure to be popular with lottery players, is the introduction of more prizes. From January, Powerball players will have even better odds of winning a prize worth at least $1 million, and it's that fact that may soften the third and biggest-ever change. From January 15, 2012, Powerball Lottery tickets are doubling in price, in what is the biggest change to the Powerball Lottery draw since its launch in 1994.|df=mdy-all}}</ref> A non-jackpot play matching the five white balls won $1 million. The red balls decreased from 39 to 35.<ref name="Changes To Powerball Coming In 2012">{{cite web|last=Lokay|first=Jim|title=Changes to Powerball coming in 2012|date=June 28, 2011|url=http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2011/06/28/changes-to-powerball-coming-in-2012/|publisher=CBS Pittsburgh|access-date=July 11, 2011}}</ref> The drawings were moved from Universal Studios Orlando to the Florida Lottery's studios in Tallahassee. Sam Arlen began his tenure as host in 2012,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.com/who-powerball-guy-meet-winning-numbers-caller-sam-arlen-2264532|title=Who Is The Powerball Guy? Meet The Winning Numbers Caller, Sam Arlen|date=January 13, 2016|website=International Business Times}}</ref> while Laura W. Johnson served as Arlen’s co-host.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hutchinson |first=Frank McGeorge, MD, Derick |date=2017-08-23 |title=Behind the scenes: How does the Powerball drawing work? |url=https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2017/08/23/behind-the-scenes-how-does-the-powerball-drawing-work/ |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=WDIV |language=en}}</ref>

These changes were made to increase the frequency of nine-figure jackpots; a Powerball [[spokesperson]] believed a $500 million jackpot was feasible (it became a reality within the year,<ref>On November 27. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/27/powerball-jackpot-record-500m-lottery Powerball jackpot hits record $500m as lotteries work to build up higher prizes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202141125/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/27/powerball-jackpot-record-500m-lottery |date=February 2, 2017 }}</ref>) and that the first $1 billion jackpot in US history would occur by 2012 (though it didn't occur until 4 years later.)<ref>Strauss, Gary (February 14, 2012). [https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-02-13/lottery-jackpots-larger/53084968/1 Lottery jackpots may get bigger] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305081545/http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-02-13/lottery-jackpots-larger/53084968/1 |date=March 5, 2016 }}. ''USA Today''. Retrieved February 14, 2012.</ref> Less than three months after the Powerball changes, Mega Millions' jackpot reached $656,000,000 despite remaining a $1-per-play game.<ref name="komonews">{{cite web | url=http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Mega-Millions-jackpot-reaches-record-476-million-144624325.html | title=Mega Millions jackpot reaches record $500 million | publisher=Sinclair Interactive Media | work=Komo News | date=March 28, 2012 | access-date=September 4, 2013 | quote=The jackpot was originally announced at $476 million early Wednesday morning but rampant ticket sales boosted the estimated payout to the $500 million mark. Tuesday night's jackpot was $363 million, fed by weeks of drawings without a top winner. It has rolled 18 times since Marcia Adams of College Park won $72 million in the January 24, 2012 drawing. A winner could get $19.2 million a year for 26 years or a single payment of $359 million. The previous record jackpot in the Mega Millions game was $390 million in 2007, split by two winners in New Jersey and Georgia. | archive-date=October 19, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019190820/http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Mega-Millions-jackpot-reaches-record-476-million-144624325.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> The random ''Power Play'' multiplier was retired for a set, fixed dollar amount payout.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Powerball - History|url = http://www.powerball.com/pb_history.asp|website = www.powerball.com|access-date = 2016-01-13|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130927210514/http://www.powerball.com/pb_history.asp|archive-date = September 27, 2013|url-status = dead}}</ref> The $25 million rollover "cap" (creating larger 5+0 prizes) was eliminated.

California joined on April 8, 2013; it has never offered the ''Power Play'' option, as all payouts in California Lottery drawing games, by law, are [[Parimutuel betting|parimutuel]]. Mega Millions, which became available in California in 2005, offers its ''[[Mega Millions|Megaplier]]'' in its other 45 jurisdictions.

On January 22, 2014, the variable Power Play option returned (2x-5x) for multiplying non-jackpot prizes.<ref name=":0" />

In October 2014, [[Puerto Rico]] joined Powerball; the first mainly Spanish-speaking jurisdiction offering the game; as of 2016 it had not joined Mega Millions.

===2015 format change===
On October 4, 2015, the Powerball format changed again; the white-ball pool increased from 59 to 69 while the Powerball pool decreased from 35 to 26. While this improved the chance of winning any prize to 1 in 24, it also lengthened the jackpot odds to 1 in 292,201,338.<ref name=wp-riggedtheodds/> The 4+1 prize became $50,000; the 10x PowerPlay became available in drawings with a jackpot of under $150 million.<ref name=LotteryWorld2015>{{cite web|url=http://www.lotteryworld.com/powerball-changes-to-take-effect-in-october-2015/9250/|title=Powerball Changes to Take Effect in October 2015|date=7 July 2015|website=Lottery World|first=Mike|last=Redfern|access-date=September 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106214326/http://www.lotteryworld.com/powerball-changes-to-take-effect-in-october-2015/9250/|archive-date=January 6, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Three months later, the format produced a $1.5 billion jackpot, double the previous record, after 20 consecutive rollovers.<ref name=wp-riggedtheodds>{{cite news|title=How Powerball manipulated the odds to create a $1.6 billion jackpot|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/01/13/how-powerball-manipulated-the-odds-to-make-a-1-5-billion-jackpot-happen/|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=Tsfwor$l>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/least-one-jackpot-winner-1-6-billion-us-045419565.html#|title=Three-way split for winners of record $1.6 bn lottery|access-date=January 15, 2016|date=January 14, 2016|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]}}</ref>

===2020 COVID-19 adjustments and 2021 provisional removal by Idaho===
On April 2, 2020, the Powerball starting jackpot amount was temporarily reset from $40 million to $20 million with the annuity option, with at least a $2 million rollover for each drawing without a jackpot winner, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]]. This was done to enforce [[social distancing]] and discourage crowding of selling venues for large jackpots, and to account for lower interest rates.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.powerball.com/notice |date=April 2, 2020 |title=Update: Game sales and interest rates to determine advertised Powerball jackpot |work=Powerball.com |access-date=May 13, 2020 |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321133920/https://www.powerball.com/notice |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On March 10, 2021, following Powerball's move to expand its operations in [[Australia]] later that year and in the [[United Kingdom]] in 2022, the [[Idaho Legislature]] voted overwhelmingly to end the state's participation in the lottery after more than 30 years. State lawmakers cited fears of its domestic revenue from the games being used by those governments for issues the state's Republican majority opposed as reasons behind the vote. The removal would have taken place when non-US jurisdictions were allowed to join in August 2021, but was rendered moot when the expansion was put on hold.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Powerball to remain in Idaho after international sales delayed|url=https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/lottery/powerball-to-remain-in-idaho-after-international-sales-delayed/277-638c6cac-0d3e-4f13-87ed-5fde62240706|access-date=2021-07-25|website=[[KTVB]]|date=April 21, 2021|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== 2021 addition of Monday drawings and introduction of Double Play ===
On May 23, 2021, Powerball announced that starting on August 23, 2021, draws would occur on Monday, in addition to Wednesday and Saturday.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-20 |title=POWERBALL Debuts New Monday Drawing & Double Play Feature Next Week |url=https://www.powerball.com/powerball-debuts-new-monday-drawing-double-play-feature-next-week |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=Powerball |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Powerball adding an extra drawing night starting in August |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2021/07/28/powerball-adding-extra-drawing-night-monday/5400239001/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=The Enquirer |language=en-US}}</ref> Along with the new Monday drawings, a new Double Play option was added for 12 states (including host state Florida) and Puerto Rico, allowing players to reuse their Powerball numbers in a second drawing (held 30 minutes after the main drawing) for a chance to win a $10 million top prize by paying an extra $1 per game.

Due to technical difficulties that occurred before the start of the new draw schedule, the first ever Monday draw did not occur on its usual time meaning that the first Monday draw did not happen as planned for the group that operates the game.<ref>[https://www.mlive.com/lottery/2021/08/powerball-results-for-082321-players-can-now-cash-winning-tickets-after-delay.html Powerball results for 08/23/21; players can now cash winning tickets after delay] [[MLive]]</ref><ref>[https://www.texaslottery.com/export/sites/lottery/Documents/news_releases/2021/08-24-21_Delayed_Processing_-_Aug_23_2021_Powerball_Drawing_Results.pdf DELAYED PROCESSING – AUG. 23, 2021 POWERBALL DRAWING RESULTS] [[Texas Lottery]] ([[Multi-State Lottery Association]])</ref> Michele Lyles became the third regular hostess of the Powerball drawings serving alongside Arlen and Johnson. Randy Trainor serves as a substitute host if neither Arlen, Johnson or Lyles are available.

===2022 delay===
The scheduled November 7, 2022, drawing of the record-breaking $2.04 billion jackpot was delayed due to incomplete security protocols regarding ticket sales at an unnamed lottery until the next day<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63545192|title=Powerball: how to play and other questions answered|work=BBC News |date=November 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/lottery/2022/11/powerball-drawing-delayed-for-record-1.9-billion-jackpot-due-to-lottery-error.html|title=Powerball drawing delayed for record $1.9 billion jackpot due to lottery error|first=Jeff Goldman &#124; NJ Advance Media for|last=NJ.com|date=November 8, 2022|website=nj}}{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/AngryProspector/status/1589954198237761536 |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-date=November 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126000541/https://twitter.com/AngryProspector/status/1589954198237761536 |url-status=live }}</ref> at 8:59 a.m. EST.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bronx.news12.com/massive-powerball-drawing-delayed-due-to-sales-processing-issue-new-drawing-this-morning|title=Massive Powerball drawing delayed due to sales-processing issue, new drawing this morning|website=News 12 - The Bronx|access-date=November 8, 2022|archive-date=November 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108134457/https://bronx.news12.com/massive-powerball-drawing-delayed-due-to-sales-processing-issue-new-drawing-this-morning|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1tAT_e74FA Powerball 20221107] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108144919/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1tAT_e74FA |date=November 8, 2022 }} via Youtube</ref>  Prior to the November 7 delay, there had been delays on April 9<ref>[https://www.mlive.com/lottery/2022/04/powerball-results-delayed-for-040922-drawing-did-anyone-win-the-275-million-jackpot.html Powerball results delayed for 04/09/22 drawing; did anyone win the $275 million jackpot?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108145953/https://www.mlive.com/lottery/2022/04/powerball-results-delayed-for-040922-drawing-did-anyone-win-the-275-million-jackpot.html |date=November 8, 2022 }} [[Mlive]]</ref> and October 19th<ref>[https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2022/10/20/powerball-results-delay-10-19-22-wednesday-jackpot-winner/69576441007/ Powerball results for Oct. 19, 2022: After delay, did anyone win $508 million jackpot?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023122335/https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2022/10/20/powerball-results-delay-10-19-22-wednesday-jackpot-winner/69576441007/ |date=October 23, 2022 }} [[Cincinnati Enquirer]]</ref><ref>[https://wyrk.com/security-powerball-lottery-winner/ MAJOR SECURITY SITUATION DELAYED LAST NIGHT’S POWERBALL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108145954/https://wyrk.com/security-powerball-lottery-winner/ |date=November 8, 2022 }} [[WYRK]]</ref> and on March 16, 2022. Days after the drawing was completed for the $2.04 billion Powerball Jackpot, the Minnesota Lottery announced later that week that it had been responsible for the delay. Lottery officials there said there was a technical problem with the communication system that prevented the drawing from happening.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/mcguirereports/status/1590039811343413248/photo/1 |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 9, 2022 |archive-date=November 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125232205/https://twitter.com/mcguirereports/status/1590039811343413248 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/powerball-drawing-delay-caused-by-minnesota-sales-processing-verification-system/ |title=Powerball drawing delay caused by Minnesota sales processing verification system |date=November 8, 2022 |access-date=November 9, 2022 |archive-date=November 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109150847/https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/powerball-drawing-delay-caused-by-minnesota-sales-processing-verification-system/ |url-status=live }}</ref>