It’s not quite the stratospheric $1.5 billion jackpot, but two $1 million Powerball tickets were sold at stores in North Texas. Those were sold in California, Tennessee and Florida.
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That said, savvy lotto winners – if such people exist – won’t post online at all: One of the best moves lotto winners can make, financially, is to stay anonymous and avoid the rush for handouts.
Powerball players spent an estimated $2.6 billion on tickets since the last jackpot was claimed in November.
According to the New York Lottery, five life-changing tickets were sold in Queens (3), Long Island (1) and Rockland County (1). It may take several hours for officials to determine whether any other matching tickets were sold.
The numbers drawn were 4, 8, 19, 27, 34 and the Powerball was 10. He now owns four stores.
MUNFORD, Tenn. (AP) – An eye-popping and unprecedented Powerball jackpot whose rise to $1.6 billion became a national fascination will be split three ways.
Winning Powerball tickets for Wednesday night’s record $1.5 billion drawing were sold in Florida, Tennessee and California.
The lottery had anticipated that 85 percent of all possible combinations would be wagered on so there was an 85 percent likelihood of a jackpot victor on Wednesday night.
Powerball officials say there were 893,220 winners in IL ranging from $4 prizes to a pair of $1 million winners who matched five numbers but didn’t have the Powerball. Many chanted, “Chino Hills!” The winning numbers have been selected in Wednesday’s massive Powerball jackpot.
The jackpot would be paid in annual payments over 29 years, or the victor could opt for a lump-sum payment of $930 million.
While the victor still has about six months to claim the prize, which will be roughly $520 million before taxes, the identity of the store has yet to be identified.
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A news release from Tennessee lottery officials says the state also has a ticket that won $2 million. “Chino Hills!” in celebration of their city. The Pennsylvania Lottery says it sold 16,000 Powerball tickets every minute statewide ahead of the big drawing. In addition to three jackpot winners, more than 26 million other winning tickets will pay out total cash prizes of $273,869,373, Lunsford said. In the past year we’ve had over $186,000 worth of major prizes come out of here, a lot of them scratch tickets. One of those ticketholders added the Powerplay multiplier, making that ticket worth $2,000,000.
