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1. Close up of a person receiving his lottery tickets and change from a store clerk at the store counter

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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Matt Strawn, leader of Powerball: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++

"With today's exciting announcement, it's anticipated that more Powerball players ministro will lead to faster growing jackpots. And players consistently tell us in survey after survey that faster growing Powerball jackpots is what they'd like to see."

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3. Close up of Hewitt's Powerball tickets

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4. Wide of lottery jackpot signs displayed at a BP gas station

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5. Close up of Powerball tickets printing

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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Matt Strawn, leader of Powerball: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++

"Sixty-eight U.S. cents of every Powerball ticket purchased, whether it's purchased in the U.K. or whether it's purchased in the U.S., 68 U.S. cents goes to that grand prize pool."

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7. Close up of a hand holding a Powerball lottery ticket

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8. Mid of Powerball lottery screen displayed inside in convenience store

9. Mid of lottery ticket machine in a convenience store

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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Matt Strawn, leader of Powerball: ++COVERED++

"It takes james rodriguez one $2 Powerball purchase to hit that grand prize jackpot. So that doesn't change. Whether there are more players playing Powerball in the U.K. or on the east or west coast of the U.S., a Powerball jackpot can be won anywhere."

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11. Various of a man buying a Powerball playslip from a vendor brandon clarke in Philadelphia

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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Matt Strawn, leader of Powerball: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++

"And when you think about why lotteries were created all across North America, lotteries were created to drive revenue for good causes in their own backyard. So when you have increased sales in Powerball, it truly helps lotteries generate more revenue back home for those good causes that are ultimately funded by lottery sales."

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13. Close up of Louisiana Lottery monitor

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14. Close up of a customer taking the Powerball ticket

STORYLINE:

Powerball is jumping the pond.

The lottery game that has made millionaires in the United States will expand this summer to include players in England, Scotland and other parts of the United Kingdom.

An agreement was announced Tuesday between the Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs the lottery game, and Allwyn UK, which operates the U.K.'s National Lottery. The deal still must be approved by a U.K. gambling commission.

It will mark the first time a lottery outside the United States will contribute to the Powerball jackpot.

We're constantly looking for ways to make sure that we're keeping Powerball culturally and commercially relevant, said Matt Strawn, who heads Powerball and is chief executive of the Iowa Lottery. And this really is the next natural progression in doing just that.

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