$50,000 Powerball Winning Ticket Sold In Cheektowaga
One lucky person in Western New York was celebrating this weekend.
The New York State lottery announced that one 3rd place winning Powerball from this past Saturday was sold in Cheektowaga.
That ticket matched 4 out of 5 numbers and had the Powerball number.
The ticket was purchased at the Food Plus Market located on Cleveland Drive in Cheektowaga.
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According to the New York State Lottery, there were 8 "Big Money" winning lottery tickets sold in New York State.
6 of those winners matched 4 out of 5 numbers and had the Powerball number. Each one of those tickets won $50,000.
The other two tickets also matched 4 out of 5 numbers and the Powerball number but they also had the Powerplay which was "Times 3" so those two tickets won $150,000 each.
The winning Powerball numbers from Saturday were: 47-54-57-60-65 Powerball 19
Since no one won the grand prize jackpot, Monday's drawing is now worth $1.55 billion dollars.
That would be the 3rd largest Powerball jackpot ever. Take a look at the Top 10 biggest Powerball jackpots in history.
- $2.04 Billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – CA
- $1.586 Billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN
- $1.55 Billion (est.) – Oct. 9, 2023
- $1.08 Billion – July 19, 2023 – CA
- $768.4 Million – March 27, 2019 – WI
- $758.7 Million – Aug. 23, 2017 – MA
- $754.6 Million – Feb. 6, 2023 - WA
- $731.1 Million – Jan. 20, 2021 – MD
- $699.8 Million – Oct. 4, 2021 – CA
- $687.8 Million – Oct. 27, 2018 – IA, NY
The $1.55 billion dollars would also be the 4th largest jackpot for any lottery game in history. Here are the Top 10 biggest lottery jackpots ever.
- $2.04 billion: Powerball - Nov. 7, 2022 – CA
- $1.586 billion: Powerball – Jan. 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN
- $1.58 billion: Mega Millions – Aug. 8, 2023 – FL
- $1.55 billion (est.) – Oct. 9, 2023
- $1.537 billion: Mega Millions – Oct. 23, 2018 - SC
- $1.35 billion: Mega Millions - Jan. 13, 2023 - ME
- $1.337 billion: Mega Millions - July 29, 2022 - IL
- $1.08 billion: Powerball – July 19, 2023 – CA
- $1.05 billion: Mega Millions - Jan. 22, 2021 - MI
- $768.4 million – March 27, 2019 – WI
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