Powerball ticket sold in California wins $700,000
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Powerball's jackpot rose to an estimated $1.25 billion — the sixth-largest in its history — after no tickets came up winners of Monday night's grand prize of roughly $1.14 billion.
The Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $1.25 billion for next drawing, the multi-state lottery association said Tuesday.
The jackpot rolled on Monday after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn
In California one player matched five numbers, without the Powerball. That ticket, sold at Star Market in Salinas, won $708,443. The Powerball jackpot was last won on Sept. 6. The prize of $1.787 billion — won by two players, in Missouri and Texas — was the second-largest Powerball jackpot ever.
LANSING, MI -- The sixth largest Powerball jackpot of all time is up for grabs as the estimated grand prize for the drawing on Monday, Dec. 15 is worth $1.1 billion with a cash option of $503.4 million. Once again, MLive will provide results of the drawing shortly after it takes place at 11 p.m. EST.
Power Play: For an added $1 per play, you can win $2 million by matching five white balls or increase non-jackpot prizes by 2X, 3X, 4X, or 5X. If the jackpot is $150 million or lower, a 10X multiplier is included. Select five numbers between 1 and 69 for the white balls, then select one number between 1 and 26 for the red Powerball.
Two Powerball tickets worth $200,000 and one worth $50,000 were purchased in New Jersey for Monday night’s lottery drawing. The $200,000 tickets were both sold in Parsippany, Morris County. One was purchased at a Wawa on New Road and the other at the Shell gas station on Route 46 east, lottery officials said.
An Arizona lottery player is richer after Monday's Powerball drawing. A Match 5 ticket worth $1 million was sold in Arizona. Here's what we know.