Powerball jackpot winner in Illinois and $2 million ticket sold in Massachusetts, lottery says
Powerball had one winning ticket in the drawing for the massive $1.04 billion jackpot. The single ticket was sold in Illinois. But there was also a $2 million winner in Massachusetts.
The winning numbers drawn late Wednesday were 4, 26, 66, 67 and 69, with a Powerball of 9.
The lone winning ticket was sold at a gas station in Quincy, Illinois. The $1.04 billion jackpot was the biggest of the year for Powerball and the eighth-largest Powerball grand prize ever.
If you bought tickets in Massachusetts, check them.
A ticket that's now worth $2 million was sold at Robinson News Convenience store on Eastern Avenue in Malden, according to the Massachusetts Lottery.
The agency said there were three $50,000 winners in Massachusetts. Those tickets were sold at a 7-Eleven in Dedham and at Cumberland Farms stores in Attleboro and Granby.
The winners have not come forward yet.
The jackpot for the next drawing on Saturday night will be $20 million.
Powerball is played in 45 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Washington, D.C., and now the United Kingdom. Tickets are $2 each.
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are just 1 in 292.2 million.
