The winner’s identity remains a mystery, but the New Hampshire Lottery’s big announcement in the hours after the drawing had many Hannaford shoppers scrambling to check their tickets.
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Powerball officials announced Sunday one ticket sold in New Hampshire matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing worth $487 million.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number is 1 in about 293 million, according to the Powerball website.
The winning numbers for the nation’s eighth-largest lottery jackpot are 11-17-21-23-32 and the Powerball number is 5.
Because there was a jackpot victor that means the drawing on Wednesday, August 3 will be worth $40 million with a cash option of $28.1 million.
The victor of the $20.4 million Lotto jackpot in 2013 bought the winning ticket in Ste Madeleine. They were sold in California, Florida, Georgia, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia. This is the third time in 2016 a jackpot has made the Top 10 largest U.S. lottery list. Some who play the lottery know exactly what they would do with that money. There was no immediate announcement of other winning tickets.
McCann said the victor could be excited and show up first thing Monday morning or be overwhelmed and seek legal and financial advice before claiming the prize. “It’s a small town, I am sure we will find out who”.
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The ticket’s owner has not yet come forward. The ticket matched all five white balls drawn and had the Power Play of 2.
