Powerball
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Powerball is a multi-state American lottery game known for its large jackpots and nationwide participation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Powerball canonical | 7 |
| Finish Powerball | 1 |
| Lotto America | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6998984 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Powerball Context triple: [California State Lottery, participatesIn, Powerball]
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A.
Powerballin'
Powerballin' is the second studio album by American rapper Chingy, known for its Southern hip hop sound and commercially successful singles.
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B.
EuroMillions
EuroMillions is a transnational European lottery game known for its large jackpots and draws held across multiple participating countries.
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C.
National Lottery
The National Lottery is the United Kingdom’s state-franchised lottery system that raises funds for public projects and charitable causes through the sale of lottery tickets and games.
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D.
Jackpot
"Jackpot" is the debut studio album by American rapper Chingy, known for its hit singles and commercial success in the early 2000s hip-hop scene.
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E.
Jackpot
Jackpot is a small unincorporated casino and resort town in northeastern Nevada, known as a popular gambling destination near the Idaho border.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Powerball Target entity description: Powerball is a multi-state American lottery game known for its large jackpots and nationwide participation.
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A.
Powerballin'
Powerballin' is the second studio album by American rapper Chingy, known for its Southern hip hop sound and commercially successful singles.
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B.
EuroMillions
EuroMillions is a transnational European lottery game known for its large jackpots and draws held across multiple participating countries.
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C.
National Lottery
The National Lottery is the United Kingdom’s state-franchised lottery system that raises funds for public projects and charitable causes through the sale of lottery tickets and games.
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D.
Jackpot
"Jackpot" is the debut studio album by American rapper Chingy, known for its hit singles and commercial success in the early 2000s hip-hop scene.
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E.
Jackpot
Jackpot is a small unincorporated casino and resort town in northeastern Nevada, known as a popular gambling destination near the Idaho border.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lottery game
ⓘ
multi-state lottery ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Powerball ⓘ |
| additionalOption | Power Play ⓘ |
| annuityLength | 30 years ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currency |
United States dollar
ⓘ
linked to:
US dollar
|
| drawCity | Tallahassee ⓘ |
| drawLocation | Florida Lottery draw studio ⓘ |
| drawSchedule |
Monday
ⓘ
Saturday ⓘ Wednesday ⓘ |
| drawState | Florida ⓘ |
| drawTime | 22:59 Eastern Time ⓘ |
| firstGameToUseTwoDrums | true ⓘ |
| gameType | draw game ⓘ |
| hasJackpotCap | no ⓘ |
| jackpotPayoutOptions |
annuity
ⓘ
cash lump sum ⓘ |
| jackpotRolloverPolicy | jackpot increases when not won ⓘ |
| jackpotWinCondition | match 5 main numbers plus Powerball ⓘ |
| knownFor |
large jackpots
ⓘ
nationwide participation ⓘ |
| largestJackpotRecord | 2000000000 USD plus ⓘ |
| largestJackpotRecordDate | 2022-11-07 ⓘ |
| largestJackpotWinningState |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| launchDate | 1992-04-22 ⓘ |
| mainFieldRange | 1-69 ⓘ |
| minimumAgeToPlay | 18 ⓘ |
| minimumJackpot | 20000000 USD ⓘ |
| numberOfBalls | 69 white balls ⓘ |
| numberOfPowerballs | 26 red Powerballs ⓘ |
| numbersDrawnMain | 5 ⓘ |
| numbersDrawnPowerball | 1 ⓘ |
| oddsOfJackpot | 1 in 292201338 ⓘ |
| operator | Multi-State Lottery Association ⓘ |
| participatingJurisdictionsType | U.S. states and territories ⓘ |
| powerballFieldRange | 1-26 ⓘ |
| powerPlayAvailability | most participating jurisdictions ⓘ |
| powerPlayFunction | multiplies non-jackpot prizes ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Lotto America
ⓘ
linked to:
Powerball
|
| prizeStructure | parimutuel jackpot with fixed lower-tier prizes ⓘ |
| regulator | participating state lottery agencies ⓘ |
| taxation |
subject to federal income tax
ⓘ
subject to state income tax in many jurisdictions ⓘ |
| ticketPrice | 2 USD ⓘ |
| ticketSalesChannel |
authorized retail locations
ⓘ
online in some jurisdictions ⓘ |
| ticketSalesStartYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| website | https://www.powerball.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Powerball Description of subject: Powerball is a multi-state American lottery game known for its large jackpots and nationwide participation.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Powerball
linked to: Powerball