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On Oct. 7, MUSL and Mega Millions reached an agreement in principle to begin the process for implementation as early as next calendar year 2010, and to work toward the development and implementation of a national lottery game, with an anticipated launch date of late fall 2010. States that currently sell Powerball and other lottery products will have the opportunity to begin offering Mega Millions tickets to their players via authorized lottery retailers, pending the approval of each jurisdiction’s governing body. As a result of this agreement, Mega Millions states will then be able to offer the Powerball game to complement their existing game mix. After several studies and by listening to lottery players throughout the United States, it was clear that allowing state lotteries to sell both Powerball and Mega Millions should create more winners, which is expected to result in incremental growth in revenue for the good causes that lotteries were established to support. Powerball drawings are held on Wednesday and Saturday nights. Mega Millions drawings are held on Tuesday and Friday nights. “This would be a wonderful opportunity for North Carolina players to participate in another large jackpot game,” said Tom Shaheen, NCEL executive director and MUSL president. “In addition, it has the potential to increase funds raised for education.” The NCEL first joined Powerball May 30, 2006. Since inception, sales for Powerball in North Carolina have reached over $793.3 million. The NCEL also has paid out a total of over $274.6 million in Powerball prizes. North Carolina also has had two Powerball jackpot winners. In June, Jeff Wilson of Kings Mountain won $88.1 million. He elected to take the cash lump sum of $42.4 million, which after taxes was worth approximately $28.8 million. Jackie Alston of Halifax hit the Powerball jackpot worth $74.4 million in November 2006. She claimed her prize in February 2007 opting for the lump sum in cash prize of $36 million, which after taxes was worth approximately $24.5 million. MUSL is a government-benefit, non-profit association entirely owned and operated by its member lotteries to facilitate the operation of multi-state games. Powerball is the association’s best-known game. Other games sold through the association include Hot Lotto, 2by2, Ca$hola, and Wild Card2. The MUSL lotteries selling Powerball are: Arizona Lottery, Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, Colorado Lottery, Connecticut Lottery Corporation, D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board, Delaware Lottery, Florida Lottery, Idaho Lottery, Hoosier Lottery, Iowa Lottery Authority, Kansas Lottery, Kentucky Lottery Corporation, Louisiana Lottery Corporation, Maine State Lottery, Minnesota State Lottery, Missouri State Lottery, Montana Lottery, Nebraska Lottery, New Hampshire Lottery Commission, New Mexico Lottery Authority, North Carolina Education Lottery, North Dakota Lottery, Oklahoma Lottery Commission, Oregon Lottery, Pennsylvania Lottery, Rhode Island Lottery, South Carolina Education Lottery, South Dakota Lottery, Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation, Virgin Islands Lottery, Vermont Lottery, Wisconsin Lottery, and the West Virginia Lottery. 
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