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Tere-arg
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Help with a word
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Hi,
I am working on a play and do not understand what "powerball" means.
It goes this way:
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HEATHER: Twenty!
We �re winning!
BRENDA: (Getting into it) Twenty-five. We have
twenty-five.
HEATHER: 49!
BRENDA: And
the Powerball is,
HEATHER: Seven! We won!
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Up to there, I "guess" what it is, but later it says:
BRENDA: Not
much.
HEATHER: Only
95 million.
JO: 95
million! Dollars?
MOOCH: No,
Powerballs.
Unless the last answer is ironic ...I am lost  Any help, please?
Thanks in advance!
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4 Oct 2011
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tooomas
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It is probably about the American lottery called Powerball. In Europe you �ve gott Lotto and Euromillions, in the USA the Powerball lottery :-)
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4 Oct 2011
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languaria
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Hi, have a look at this site, it might help you:
http://www.powerball.com/pb_home.asp
Have a nice day!
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4 Oct 2011
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Tere-arg
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So...you do not win "powerballs" but money.
If so, they won 95 million dollars. Is it correct?
Not much of a gambler here....
THANKS SOOOOOO MUCH!
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4 Oct 2011
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yanogator
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Yes, I think Mooch �s comment is meant to be a joke. It sounds like a bad comic strip. They get all excited about winning $95 million, and it turns out that they �ve only won 95 million powerballs.
Bruce |
4 Oct 2011
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