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                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                             Washington, D.C.  20549
  
  
  
                                     Form 8-K
  
  
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
  
       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
                                 August 6, 2002
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                 (Date of Report: Date of earliest event reported)
  
  
                           POWERBALL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
  
        (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
            UTAH                     000-25873             84-1431425
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  (State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer ID No.)
   of incorporation)
  
  
  
                2095 West 2200 South, West Valley City, Utah 84119
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                      (Address of principal executive office)
  
  
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (801) 974-9120
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                          ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
  
  CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
  AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF
  THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
  
  
  In connection with the Quarterly Report of Powerball International, Inc. (the
  "Company") on Form 10-QSB for the period ending June 30, 2002 as filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 2002 (the "Report"), I,
  Robert K. Ipson, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the
  Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
  Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
  
  (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d)
  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
  
  (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
  respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.
  
  
  /S/ Robert K. Ipson
  
  Robert K. Ipson
  Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
  August 7, 2002
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
                              SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
  by the undersigned hereunder duly authorized.
  
                                    POWERBALL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
  
  
                                    /S/Robert K. Ipson, Chairman and CEO
  
  Date: August 7, 2002
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                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                             Washington, D.C.  20549
  
                                     Form 8-K
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
  
       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
                                 August 6, 2002
                 -------------------------------------------------
                 (Date of Report: Date of earliest event reported)
  
                           POWERBALL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
  
        (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
            UTAH                     000-25873             84-1431425
  ---------------------------- -----------------------  --------------------
  (State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer ID No.)
   of incorporation)
  
                2095 West 2200 South, West Valley City, Utah 84119
                --------------------------------------------------
                      (Address of principal executive office)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (801) 974-9120
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                          ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
  
  CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
  AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF
  THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
  
  In connection with the Quarterly Report of Powerball International, Inc. (the
  "Company") on Form 10-QSB for the period ending June 30, 2002 as filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 2002 (the "Report"), I,
  Robert K. Ipson, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the
  Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
  Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
  
  (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d)
  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
  
  (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
  respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.
  
  /S/ Robert K. Ipson
  
  Robert K. Ipson
  Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
  August 7, 2002
  
                              SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
  by the undersigned hereunder duly authorized.
  
                                    POWERBALL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
  
                                    /S/Robert K. Ipson, Chairman and CEO
  
  Date: August 7, 2002