The latest $1 million Powerball ticket purchased in New Jersey was sold at a liquor store in Burlington County.
The ticket for Saturday’s drawing was bought at Classic Wine & Liquor on the 400 block of East Main Street in Wrightstown, state lottery officials said Tuesday. There have now been four $1 million Powerball winners in New Jersey this year.
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It was one of nine sold across the country to match five numbers but not the Powerball. Others were sold in Louisiana, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania (two), Rhode Island and Texas (two).
Three of the ticketholders (one in Pennsylvania, Texas and Rhode Island) spent an extra $1 to exercise the Powerplay option so they each win $2 million.
The New York winner bought his or her ticket at A & T Grocery on Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn, officials said. The $1 million Pennsylvania ticket was sold at Lil News Shack on Packer on Packer Avenue in Philadelphia; the $2 million ticket was bought in suburban Pittsburgh.
No one hit the jackpot again, pushing the top prize for Wednesday’s drawing to $403 million with a cash option of $243.9 million. It’s the 14th largest in U.S. lottery history.
Saturday’s winning numbers were 3–7–9–31–33. The Powerball drawn was 20.
No one has won the top prize since a Pennsylvania couple hit a $121.6 million jackpot on Dec. 17.
Other $1 million Powerball tickets were sold earlier this year in Tenafly, Oakhurst, and Woodbridge.
Powerball tickets cost $2 apiece. The odds of a ticket hitting the jackpot are 292,201,338 to 1. Players have roughly a 1 in 11,688,053 to win at least $1 million.
The game is played in 44 states, Washington D.C, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
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