Question: Information: - The Multi-State Lottery Association ( MUSL ) is a non-profit , government - benefit association owned and operated by agreement of its 33 member lotteries . MUSL was created to facilitate the operation of multi-jurisdictional lottery games , most notably Mega Millions and Powerball . MUSL was formed in December 1987 by seven U.S. lotteries . Its first game was launched in February 1988 , Lotto * America . That game was changed to Powerball ; its first drawing was in April 1992 . Powerball was a unique game using two drums , suggested to MUSL by Steve Caputo of the Oregon Lottery . As of 2016 , Mega Millions and Powerball were offered in the same 46 jurisdictions , including the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands . Powerball is also offered in Puerto Rico , where Mega Millions is not currently offered . ( Mega Millions became part of MUSL on January 31 , 2010 , although it is operated by its 12 original members . ) - Powerball is an American lottery game offered by 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. It is coordinated by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), a nonprofit organization formed by an agreement with US lotteries. Powerball's minimum advertised jackpot is $40 million (annuity); Powerball's annuity is paid in 30 graduated installments; winners may choose cash instead. - Mega Millions (which began as The Big Game in 1996, which the renamed to The Big Game Mega Millions 6 years later) is an American multi-jurisdictional lottery game; it is offered in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The 1st "(The Big Game) Mega Millions" drawing was in 2002 (see below.) - Puerto Rico, (Spanish for "Rich Port") officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Free Associated State of Puerto Rico") and briefly called Porto Rico, is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the northeast Caribbean Sea. - A nonprofit organization (NPO) (also known as a non-business entity) is an organization with the purpose of which is something other than making a profit. A nonprofit organization is often dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a particular point of view. In economic terms, a nonprofit organization uses its surplus revenues to further achieve its purpose or mission, rather than distributing its surplus income to the organization's shareholders (or equivalents) as profit or dividends. This is known as the non-distribution constraint. The decision to adopt a nonprofit legal structure is one that will often have taxation implications, particularly where the nonprofit seeks income tax exemption, charitable status and so on. - A game is structured form of play, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements. However, the distinction is not clear-cut, and many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator sports or games) or art (such as jigsaw puzzles or games involving an artistic layout such as Mahjong, solitaire, or some video games). - A lottery is a form of legalized government gambling that involves the drawing of numbers for a prize. Lotteries are outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments; the most common regulation is prohibition of sale to minors. Though lotteries were common in the United States and some other countries during the 19th century, by the beginning of the 20th century, most forms of gambling, including lotteries and sweepstakes, were illegal in the U.S. and most of Europe as well as many other countries. This remained so until well after World War II. In the 1960s casinos and lotteries began to re-appear throughout the world as a means for governments to raise revenue without raising taxes. What entity does 'multi-state lottery association' has the relation 'instance of' with?
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nonprofit organization