Two win Powerball jackpot in Missouri, Texas
Two winning Powerball tickets were sold in Missouri and Texas. The two who emerged victorious in Saturday night’s drawing with all six matching numbers will split the $1.787 billion jackpot.
That’s the second-largest jackpot in United States lottery history, after the $2.04 billion prize from 2022, which was won in California.
Winning numbers for the Saturday drawing were white balls 11, 23, 44, 61, 62 and red Powerball 17. Ticket holders can choose between getting an annuitized prize of $893.5 million or a lump sum payment of $410.3 million before taxes.
“Congratulations to our newest Powerball jackpot winners and the Missouri Lottery and Texas Lottery for selling the winning tickets,” Matt Strawn, Powerball Product Group Chair and Iowa Lottery CEO, said in a statement.
Players who didn’t get the jackpot should still check their tickets carefully: cash prizes can also be awarded for matching the red Powerball or other numbers from the winning combination, a Powerball press release noted. More than 9.9 million tickets won cash prizes in Saturday’s drawing.
Tickets winning $1 million were sold in California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas and West Virginia. In addition, there were 232 tickets that won $50,000 prizes, as well as 90 that got $100,000.
Don’t worry if you didn’t get the most recent jackpot. You still have a (1 in 292.2 million) chance to win as it resets to $20 million on Monday night. A 10X Power Play multiplier is available as the advertised jackpot under $150 million.
Tickets are $2 for each play and sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are broadcast online 10:59 ET Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at Powerball.com.
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