A: Powerball, Mega Millions, and other similar games are not pick-6 games, but have 2 separate drawings: one five number drawing and one single number drawing (or for some games one four number drawing and one single, or one five and one two number drawing, etc).
Don't wheel the power ball number
When using a Balanced Wheel® for a powerball type game,
Gail recommends that you use a pick-5 wheel from Wheel Five Gold
to wheel the main set of five numbers and mark your powerball, mega ball, or other bonus number(s) separately on
your ticket(s). Ideally, use Advantage Plus to strategize for the bonus ball and pick a few of the best numbers to scatter on your tickets.
Why you shouldn't include Power Ball number in your wheel
Including the PowerBall number in your wheels hugely increases the number of combinations required as the entire wheel would have to be
repeated for each bonus ball added to the wheel, so it isn't recommended.
If you do want to include the PowerBall, the best option is Gail Howard's wheeling book designed for Powerball,
Lotto Winning Wheels for Powerball and Mega Millions.
There are no wheels in the software designed to accept the Power ball number.
If you wish include multiple power ball numbers in your wheel, all you have to do is write out every ticket the wheel produces again with each powerball number you want to include.
Powerball is not a pick-6 game
Wheel Six Gold is not recommended for Powerball, Mega Millions, and other games of this structure because there is no way to distinguish which of the 6 numbers is intended for the bonus slot.
Also, no number from Wheel Six Gold can be repeated in the wheel twice, but Powerball numbers can be the same as a number from the other set of 5 numbers in the drawing.
Games that Use Powerball Type Formats
Some of the games with 2 sets of numbers from different number pools are listed below (click link for free game tips).
