Computers and Slot Machines
In 2007, the Oregon Lottery released a Windows Vista Sidebar gadget which relays the winning numbers for Powerball in live time. The gadget also provides large jackpot announcements.
In 2006, WMS Gaming released a range of slot machines under the Powerball brand name.
The New York Lottery introduced a Powerball scratchcard in 2010. Five winning numbers plus a powerball were printed across the top of the card, with 12 opportunities to match. Matching the winning numbers or the powerball won; the top prize was $1 million (annuity); unlike actual Powerball, there was no cash option for the top prize.
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Famous quotes containing the words slot and/or machines:
“Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and the manners of a floorwalker with delusions of grandeur.”
—Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)
“Shoes are the first adult machines we are given to master.”
—Nicholson Baker (b. 1957)