Having its origin from the Italian words ?lotto? which means fate, lottery became the most famous gambling game popular among the people who have tendency to take risk and desire to get rich or have inherent desire to seek fun out of adventure have ample reasons to play national lottery but has social implication too.

Every country in this world has its own version and in the country like USA alone there are numerous rules depending on whether you play a state lottery or the national lottery. There are rules that commonly exist for most versions of the lottery. Starting with the eligibility most states levy a minimum age limit on players, ranging from 16 to 21. The game consists of a lottery ticket or slip that will have rows or columns of boxes containing numbers from 1 through 49.

The game starts with the choosing any six numbers between 1 and 49. Choices are marked on the ticket by crossing the number. There are some other versions of the game that using multiple sets of numbers at once. A common alternative to have the numbers chosen at random is by the computer that will save your time and is useful for those who go through indecisiveness. Besides this you should also take care of all the information including name and address and the type of game, or ?draw?, being played on the ticket. It is very important that you should carefully go through every detail when making decision to play lottery.

On the completion of the ticket, you have to hand it to your retailer or put it through a terminal device. You will get a printout containing the details of player's selections. It becomes very important for you to remember to check your numbers when the draw comes up. If three or more numbers that you have selected on your ticket matches with the draw then you are declared as the winner. If five of your selected numbers matches with the draw then the reward is much greater and if your selected six numbers matches the draw ten you are the winner of the jackpot. The prize will be distributed equally if the winners count more than one person in matching the six numbers. Lastly you should remember to keep your ticket safe until you claim your prize if you have won and that too within six months or a year, depending on the regulations.