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2 Powerball tickets sold in N.J. worth at least $1M

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By Jeff Goldman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on January 14, 2016 at 6:45 AM, updated January 14, 2016 at 8:02 AM

While the three jackpot winning tickets sold for Wednesday night’s approximately $1.6 billion Powerball drawing weren’t sold anywhere near New Jersey, at least two Garden State residents will take a home a nice consolation prize.

Two tickets sold in New Jersey matched five numbers, but not the Powerball. One of those ticketholders plucked down an extra $1 to take the Powerplay option so his or her ticket is worth $2 million before taxes. The other ticket is worth $1 million.

State lottery officials will reveal where those tickets were sold later Thursday.

Other $2 million tickets were sold in Arizona, Florida Iowa, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.

Besides New Jersey, $1 million tickets were sold in New York, Pennsylvania and 20 other states.

The winning numbers drawn Wednesday night were: 8, 27, 34, 4, 19. The Powerball was 10 with a Powerplay of 2x.

The odds of a ticket matching five numbers (but not the Powerball) are 11,688,053.52 to 1.

 

 

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Powerball jackpot world’s largest ever at $1.3 billion

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JANUARY 10, 2016, 4:41 AM    LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 2016, 12:48 PM
BY JOSH FUNK
ASSOCIATED PRESS

OMAHA, Neb.   — Disappointed you didn’t win the Powerball jackpot this weekend? Don’t be.

Lottery officials say the estimated $1.3 billion prize is the world’s largest. Ever.

No one matched all six Powerball numbers Saturday night, leading to the astronomical prize, which is all but certain to grow before the next drawing Wednesday as others buy tickets, said Kelly Cripe with the Texas Lottery.

The odds to win are one in 292.2 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs Powerball. Cripe said 75 percent of all 292.2 million combinations were bought before Saturday’s drawing.

The jackpot has ballooned since its Nov. 4 starting point of $40 million.

The winning numbers — 16-19-32-34-57 and Powerball number of 13 — did gain some people a little wealth: 25 tickets won $1 million by matching five numbers, and three other tickets won $2 million because they paid extra to multiply smaller prizes.

The record jackpot lured an unprecedented frenzy of purchases. Anndrea Smith, 30, said Saturday that she already had spent more than she usually does on Powerball tickets.

“I bought four yesterday, and I usually never buy any,” said Smith, manager of Bucky’s gas station and convenience store in Omaha, Nebraska.

Powerball is played in 44 states as well as the District of Columbia, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The next Powerball drawing is Wednesday.

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What Would You Do if You Won the Powerball ?

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Powerball Drawing: Clues From Previous Lottery Winners

By MEGHAN KENEALLY
Jan 9, 2016, 6:07 AM ET

If you were disappointed that you had to go back to work earlier this week rather than being able to quit and start living a lavish lifestyle after winning the Powerball jackpot, never fear. There is another drawing tonight.

Even though there was no grand prize winner on Wednesday night, there were quite a few people who still got a piece of the winnings. According to the Powerball website, some winners will take home $1 million or $2 million (before tax) because they had five of the six winning numbers (the $2 million winners paid a little more for the “power play” option). Non-jackpot prizes totaled $65,947,617.

But there is plenty more where that came from: the jackpot has now reached an estimated $800 million, far surpassing the previous record set by the 2012 Mega Millions jackpot of $656 million.

The jackpot is expected to grow even larger. Want to win? If history is any indicator, here are some ideas.

Leave the Number Picking to the Computer

Rather than picking numbers based on birthdays, anniversaries or other meaningful dates, lottery organizers note that the majority of past winners have left the big decisions up to the computer.

About 70 percent of past winners used Quick Picks, the computer system that spits out numbers, according to the official Powerball website.

“Does this mean that you are more likely to win with a computer pick ticket? Maybe,” the site states.

 

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$1M Powerball ticket set to expire

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$1M Powerball ticket set to expire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014, 11:00 AM    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2014, 11:00 AM
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Time is running out for the person holding an unclaimed Powerball lottery ticket bought in New Jersey that is worth $1 million.

The ticket for the Oct. 23, 2013 drawing was purchased at Kwik Farms on Shrewsbury Avenue in Tinton Falls.

The winning ticket matched these five numbers: 03, 23, 31, 34 and 47. The Powerball number was 13.

Anyone holding the ticket should sign the back and contact the New Jersey Lottery before midnight on Thursday, Oct. 23. They can also have the ticket validated by any retailer who sells lottery tickets.

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