Powerball $2 million ticket sold in Massachusetts
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.
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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.
A single ticket sold in Illinois won the biggest Powerball jackpot of the year, $1.04 billion, in Wednesday night's drawing, the game says.
No winning tickets were sold for Monday night's $905 million Powerball jackpot, so the estimated grand prize for Wednesday's drawing will be at least $1 billion.
The total is also the eighth-largest Powerball jackpot in the game's history.
A single winning ticket was sold for Powerball's Christmas Eve jackpot of $1.817 billion, in Arkansas. It was the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won.
Eight Powerball players in Massachusetts matched enough winning numbers to win $50,000.
Here are the winning numbers for the $1.7 billion Powerball jackpot.
With no winner in Monday's drawing, the Powerball jackpot on Christmas Eve will be at least an estimated $1.7 billion.
The Powerball jackpot is soaring just before Christmas. So how would Bostonians spend their winnings?
The Powerball jackpot grew to an estimated $1.6 billion after no tickets matched all six winning numbers at Saturday night's drawing. It's the fifth-largest prize among U.S. lottery jackpots.
The Powerball jackpot leaped to an estimated $1.5 billion after no one won Wednesday night's pot of gold of approximately $1.25 billion.
The $1 billion jackpot is the seventh-largest in the game's history.
Saturday's jackpot had an total cash value of $820.6 million, Powerball said.
The Powerball jackpot was the second-largest in U.S. lottery history. Here's a look at some numbers behind the game.
The estimated Powerball jackpot for Saturday night's drawing soared to an estimated $1.8 billion, the second-biggest ever, after no one won Wednesday's $1.4 billion drawing.
The odds of winning the lottery are about 1 in 292 million but people told WBZ-TV they didn't want to miss the chance to play. WBZ-TV's Samantha Chaney reports.
Powerball's jackpot will be at least an estimated $1.3 billion for the next drawing on Wednesday night after no tickets sold for Monday's $1.2 billion drawing came up winners.
There was no winner of the entire Powerball jackpot, which now stands at $1.3 billion. WBZ-TV's Penny Kmitt reports.
Here are Monday's winning numbers for the Powerball jackpot which has reached over $1 billion.
Here are the Powerball numbers for Saturday August 30.
Saturday's Powerball jackpot has an estimated cash value of $453.1 million.
The Powerball jackpot is now an estimated $750 million for Monday night's drawing, making it the 10th-largest jackpot in Powerball game history.
A Massachusetts man won $2 million playing the Powerball thanks to a very lucky mistake.
A Fitchburg, Massachusetts man mistakenly bought two tickets for the same Powerball drawing and won $2 million.
Check your old Powerball tickets. Prizes worth $1 million and $50,000 are expiring soon in Massachusetts.
