To end the month of July Lottery Tips, I’m writing about that ever elusive lottery bonus ball. We get emails every day on a variety of questions ranging from the elementary like this one ‘What is the Lottery Bonus Ball” through to asking for our recommendations on which is the best USA state lottery to play. Obviously questions like the latter we’re unable to answer for obvious legal reasons, though the former we are happy to help.

so… WHAT IS THE LOTTERY BONUS BALL:

In almost every lottery game available six numbers are chosen by the entrant for each draw, 6 balls are then drawn PLUS one or more extra bonus balls. In these lotteries your entry consists only of the basic numbers, 6 in this example, and does not include a special guess for the bonus numbers.If you manage to guess all the basic numbers correctly, regardless of the bonus ball(s), you win the jackpot simple as that. The bonus balls are used to determine lower prize groups, according to the different prize categories shown in each of the lotteries in their Lottery Info page accessible through one of the 3 easy ways to choose your specific information at Lottery Info section at the site.

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