Besides the excitement of buying a ticket and knowing that it buys you the chance to make your life more comfortable than you ever thought about, have you ever actually pondered what makes a lottery a lottery. Mega lottery

Most lotteries, besides the whole idea of buying into a pot and winning a piece of it also come with a social responsibility, that of funding projects for different programs that make each state a better place to live and to help those that most need it. Most lotteries in the United States right support education programs and are actually a valuable resource.

So every time a player buys a ticket they can have in mind that they are not just buying a chance to win it big, they are also helping their community and making their money become a valuable tool so that many children and teenagers have a proper education. For the public, however this important contribution that their money does for the community is usually seen as a less important as winning the lottery itself. You can call it a win-win situation, people win the lottery is a win and the community wins even though you don’t win. Powerball lottery

James Cherry plays the lottery and he is very happy that the money he spends on buying lottery goes towards education in his home state of North Carolina. “There’s certainly a good benefit,” he said. “Teachers and schools really need it.”

Cherry, from Hope Mills, North Carolina won $103,627 playing the state of North Carolina’s Cash 5 game on the November 10, 2011 draw. He chose the numbers himself, but there was no special meaning to the numbers he chose. He said that he was just lucky and thrilled with his win and is still considering what to do with the money. “It probably won’t sink in until I see it in my bank account,” he said. Once it does sink in, he may decide to do some traveling.

North Carolina’s Cash 5 game is a 5/39 game. You have to match 5-out-of-39 numbers to win the jackpot. The odds of winning the jackpot are approximately 1-in-576,000.

Cherry might not know with detail that the North Carolina Lottery actually allots 50 percent of net proceeds go to pay for teacher salaries in grades K-3 and the former More at Four program, 40 percent to counties for school construction projects and 10 percent for college scholarships based on financial need.

So next time you buy a lottery and don’t win, see it as a chance of giving money to support education and in some states even some social rehabilitation programs. After all, you are not only helping but also having fun all the way.