Last night’s Powerball created several new millionaires
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NY sells 2 winning Powerball tickets as jackpot hits $1.7B before Christmas
No one won the $1.59 billion Powerball jackpot in Monday night’s drawing, but two tickets sold in New York matched five numbers to claim $1 million second-prize winnings.
The Christmas Eve drawing could deliverthe fourth-largest lottery prize in U.S. history after no one matched all six numbers in Monday's drawing.
There were no big jackpot winners for Monday night’s Powerball, but New York did have two second-prize winning tickets.
No one won Monday night's Powerball jackpot worth nearly $1.6 billion. However, two tickets in New York won the $1 million second-place prize.
Three winning Powerball tickets were sold in New York for Monday night’s drawing. As of Tuesday afternoon, no one has claimed the winning jackpot ticket, with the number rising to an estimated $1.7 billion.
The winning tickets sold in New York were in Nassau County at Tobacco Junction 201 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont; in Orange County at Smokes 4 Less at 59 N. Plank Road, Newburgh; and at Astoria Fuel & Convenience Store at 30-02 Astoria Blvd., Queens. Two more players won $2 million, and those tickets were sold in Arizona and Massachusetts.
The Powerball jackpot was last won on Sept. 6, when two winners in Missouri and Texas split a staggering $1.787 billion prize — only the second time the game has produced back-to-back jackpots exceeding $1 billion.
A $50,000 prize-winning lottery ticket was sold in Plattsburgh, according to the New York Lottery. It was one of seven third-prize tickets sold for the Dec. 22 drawing. Officials said the ticket was sold at the Market 32 on Centre Drive.
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3 lucky New York Lottery players win $1 million each after Wednesday Powerball drawing
Several Powerball players in New York and Connecticut are waking up as millionaires after matching five numbers in Wednesday night’s drawing.