Cash4Life is an American multi-jurisdictional lottery drawing game; it is currently offered by nine state lotteries. Ticket sales began on June 13, 2014 in New York and New Jersey; the first drawing took place three days later.
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Rules
Each game costs $2 per drawing ($3 with the Doubler NJ option). Players pick five numbers from 1 through 60 in the main field, plus one number from the second field (the "Cash Ball") from 1 through 4. Players also have the option to have the terminal randomly select the numbers in both fields, which is known as "Quick Pick" in Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee, "Quick Pik" in Georgia[1], and "Easy Pick" in Virginia. Matching all five numbers in the main field plus the Cash Ball wins, or shares ("split-prize liability"), the equivalent of $1,000-per-day-for-life, or $7,000,000 cash, at the winner's option. Second prize, however, can have multiple winners of $1,000-per-week-for-life and/or $1,000,000 cash. New Jersey Lottery regulations require that players choose either the annuity or cash option when playing. First- and second-prize winners who chose the "annuity" option can change to the cash option after winning; however, the "cash" option is binding and cannot be changed. The official cutoff for ticket sales occur approximately 15 minutes prior to each drawing.
New Jersey's Doubler NJ option
Beginning on May 15, 2017, Doubler NJ (available only in New Jersey) can be added to each Cash4Life play for $1 extra. Any non-"for Life" prize is doubled on such a play. Doubler NJ applies to each $3 play on a ticket.
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Odds and Prizes
The current overall odds of winning are approximately 1:7.76. The prize pool is 55 percent of sales.
+ The top two annuitized prizes, third prize, and the $1,000 Doubler NJ prize each have a liability limit. If there are an excessive number of winners of a "lifetime" prize tier, such prizes will automatically be paid in cash to each winner. Cash option values (which can change periodically) are $7,000,000 for the top prize, and $1,000,000 for second prize.
?The top prize is "split-prize liability"; in essence, a non-progressive jackpot.
Cash4Life winnings are subject to state and Federal taxes, except for tickets sold in Pennsylvania to its residents; however, a bill introduced in May 2015 would tax Pennsylvania Lottery winnings of $600 or more regardless of residence. (The state of Florida does not tax income, including gambling wins.)
Drawings
Cash4Life drawings are held live from Studio B (aka the Cash4Life studio) at New Jersey Lottery Headquarters at Lawrence Park Complex in Trenton, New Jersey every Monday and Thursday evening at 9:00 p.m. EST on Livestream. Since the game began, most of the drawings have been emceed by the full-time host of the New Jersey Lottery drawings, Erica Young, with Kaitlyn Cunning as the substitute host. Each drawing is supervised by an auditor from Hamilton, New Jersey-based Mercadien P.C., a CPA and Asset Management firm.
Two Magnum model drawing machines are used in each Cash4Life drawing. The larger machine (Magnum II) is used for mixing the 60 white balls, and the smaller one mixes the four green Cash Balls. The drawing machines are manufactured by Smartplay International of Edgewater Park, New Jersey. The balls are mixed and moved around using counter-rotating arms which randomly mix the balls. Individually, each ball (several seconds apart) drop through a hole in the bottom of each mixing drum .
Hosts
- Erica Young
- Kaitlyn Cunning
Cash4Life members
Participating Lotteries (9)
+ Original member
1998-2000 MUSL game
Cash4Life was also the name of a significantly different game offered from March 30, 1998 to September 7, 2000 by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). The top prize, $1,000-per-week-for-life (no cash option), was won if the player's primary set of two-digit numbers (00 through 99) matched those drawn. It was offered in Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia.
See also
- Lucky for Life, a similar game that began in Connecticut (as Lucky4Life) in 2009; available in 24 states and the District of Columbia as of September 2017. (All Cash4Life members except Florida border at least one Lucky for Life member.)
References
https://www.galottery.com/en-us/media-center/pressreleaseinput/2016/august/georgia-lottery-launches-new-cash4life-game.html
Florida Lottery Cash4Life
External links
Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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