Lotteries in Everyday Life!
The NBA draft is here and the Atlanta Hawks are on the clock with the first pick! Lady luck was in the Hawks’ corner when they won the right to draft first overall through the NBA draft lottery with only a 3% chance of winning.
We associate lotteries with drawings for cash prizes, and with recent billion dollar jackpot runs for games like Powerball ® and Mega Millions ®, dreams of winning the jackpot are bigger than ever!
While winning the big jackpot is the ultimate dream, your chances of winning are around 1 in 292 million. But did you know that there are other lotteries in our everyday lives that offer the opportunity to score tickets, determine the future of Sports franchises, or even for getting housing! Here are a few examples of other lotteries you may encounter:
Broadway Ticket Lottery
Are you taking a trip to New York City and are looking to watch Broadway’s hottest new show? You might need to win the lottery to see it! Broadway theaters typically have a capacity of 1,000 to 2,000 people, and with over 50 million tourists visiting the Big Apple every year, the demand for tickets can far exceed the number of available tickets. That’s where the Broadway ticket lottery comes into play! Broadway theaters will set aside a certain amount of tickets to offer at a discounted price so people from all walks of life have the opportunity to experience the season’s hottest shows. Winners of the lottery are notified the day of the show and all they need to do is show up to the box office and get their tickets!
Sports Lotteries
The NBA and NHL hold their own version of the lottery every year to determine where incoming professional athletes will spend the beginning of their careers. Teams that did not make the postseason in the previous year are assigned lottery numbers, and if their number is drawn, they get to pick first! In the NBA, the team with the lowest odds only has a 1 in 1000 chance of winning, which is about the same odds for matching three numbers in a Powerball drawing.
Housing Lotteries
Affordable housing lotteries exist in cities and states across the country. When new housing is developed, some units are set aside to be available in a lottery for a lower price than you’d pay getting the unit directly from the developer. This allows people of lower incomes to have the opportunity to rent or own housing they may not have access to otherwise!
Online Lottery Couriers
Traditionally lottery tickets had to be purchased in person, but now you can order lottery tickets from the convenience of your preferred mobile device! Lottery couriers like Lotto.com purchase lottery tickets on your behalf and provide you with a digital upload of your ticket. Lottery couriers make ordering tickets easier than ever, if you win a prize under $600 (some states may vary) your winnings are added right to your online account! If you win a big prize, lottery couriers will work with you every step of the way to claim your prize with the state lottery.
You can order Mega MillionsⓇ, PowerballⓇ, and more on Lotto.com using your browser or by downloading the App available on the Apple, Google Play and Samsung Galaxy store. Lotto.com is currently available in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon and Texas.
