“Big Money” Powerball Ticket Sold In New York

One lucky New Yorker is waking up this morning with a lot more money in their life.

The New York State Lottery announced that one "Big Money" winning lottery ticket was sold in New York from last night's Powerball drawing.

That ticket matched four out of five numbers and also had the Powerball. It won the 3rd place prize of $50,000.

Saturday's winning Powerball numbers were: 12-17-23-52-67 with a Powerball of 01.

It was a lucky weekend here in New York. There was also a $1 million dollar winning Mega Millions ticket sold in the state from Friday night's drawing.

The million-dollar winning ticket was sold at Coldcut Express located at 507 Dubois Ave in Valley Stream, New York.

Besides the million-dollar winning ticket, two other "Big Money" 3rd place tickets were sold in New York as well. Those tickets matched four out of five numbers and had the Megaball to win the 3rd place prize of $10,000.

No one claimed the grand prize, so the jackpot for Tuesday's drawing is up to a New York State record-setting $740 million dollars.

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Here is a look at the largest jackpots ever won in New York State.

5.$265 Million Dollars

A yet to be claimed Powerball winning ticket that was sold on December 7th, 2024. 

4. $319 Million Dollars

Seven co-workers from Albany pulled their money and had the winning ticket for the Mega Millions. They took home $319 million dollars in 2011.

3. $326 Million Dollars

Harold Diamond held the record for the largest lottery jackpot in New York for seven years. He took home the Mega Millions jackpot in 2014.

2. $432 Million Dollars

This winning Mega Millions ticket was sold in September of 2021. The NY Lottery does not know who owns the tickets.

1. $476 Million Dollars

Johnnie Taylor took home the jackpot from the Mega Millions drawing in April of 2023.