Two $1 million Powerball tickets were sold in Arizona and North Carolina, while a $50,000 ticket was sold in New Jersey.
While no one across the country won Wednesday’s $181 million Powerball jackpot, two second-prize, $1 million tickets were sold — one in Arizona and one in North Carolina. Each matched five numbers but not the Powerball . A ticket purchased with the Power Play option for an extra $1 was sold at the QuickChek on North Avenue East in Cranford, Union County, and is the New Jersey Lottery said. A $50,000 ticket was sold at the Nutley Newstand on Franklin Avenue in Nutley, Essex County.
The odds of hitting the Powerball jackpot are 292,201,388 to 1. A player who buys a $2 ticket has about a 1 in 11,688,053 chance to match five numbers and win at least $1 million, while the odds are 913,129 to 1 to win a third prize of at least $50,000. Powerball drawings are held each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tuesday’s Mega Millions jackpot is worth an estimated $62 million with a cash option of $27.7 million.
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