Grand Prize Winning Powerball Ticket Sold In New York
The New York State Lottery announced that one grand prize winning Powerball ticket was sold in New York from Saturday's Powerball drawing.
That ticket matched all five numbers, had the Powerball, and was the only ticket to match every number, meaning that they won the whole $256 million jackpot.
Saturday's winning Powerball numbers were: 1-31-43-55-57 with a Powerball of 22
The winning ticket was sold at Hua Lian Supermarket on 2503 Parsons Blvd in Flushing, New York.
The $256 million dollar jackpot is 5th largest jackpot ever won by a New York State resident.
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7. $202 Million Dollars
A group of players who played under an LLC named 1937 Flatbush Ave Dodgers LLC won the Powerball prize on June 1st, 2011.
6. $208 Million Dollars
Daniel Bruckner claimed the Mega Millions jackpot winning just a shade over $200 million dollars in December of 2011.
5. $256 Million Dollars
Powerball ticket remains unclaimed at the time of this writing. The winning ticket was sold in Flushing, New York on 12/7/24.
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.
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