Million Dollar Winning Powerball Ticket Sold In New York
Monday’s Powerball drawing turned out to be very lucky for several New York residents.
The New York State Lottery announced that one ticket matched all 5 numbers but missed out on the Powerball and won $1 million dollars. That ticket was sold at the gas station 53 ROUTE 59 in Nyack, New York.
This is the second Million dollar winning lottery ticket sold in New York State within the past seven days. There was a million dollar winning Mega Millions lottery tickets sold from this past Friday's drawing.
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Now for people who don't live near that gas station, don't toss away those Powerball tickets just yet. The New York State Lottery also announced that there were four other tickets sold in New York that matched 4 out of 5 numbers and had the Powerball number, which means they each won $50,000.
The winning numbers from Monday's Powerball drawing were: 18-19-2728-45 with a Powerball number of 09.
No one claimed the grand prize jackpot, which means Wednesday's Powerball drawing is now worth $435 million dollars.
You don't have to wait until Wednesday for another shot at becoming a multi-millionaire. Tonight's Mega Millions jackpot is at $377 million dollars.
Winning either of those jackpots would put you into the Top 5 of the largest lottery jackpots ever won in New York State.
Here are the current 5 largest Lottery Jackpots ever won in New York State.
5.$208 Million Dollars
Daniel Bruckner claimed the Mega Millions jackpot winning just a shade over $200 million dollars in December of 2011.
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.
Any of those jackpots could help some dreams come true. Remember if you plan on playing the lottery, play responsibly.
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