Two Powerball players win big in Georgia. Where were the lucky tickets sold?
An estimated $1.03 billion Powerball jackpot went unclaimed, but two Georgia lottery players still snagged sizable prizes.
The winning tickets, one worth $100,000 and the other worth $50,000, were sold at JJ Country Store in Powder Springs and a BP gas station in Fayetteville in the April 1 drawing, Georgia Lottery officials told McClatchy News.
The winning Powerball numbers drawn Monday were 19, 24, 40, 42, 56, and red Powerball 23. The Power Play was 2x.
The $100,000 winner matched four white numbers and the Powerball to win a $50,000 prize and spent an extra $1 on the Power Play option, doubling their winnings, results show.
Tickets sold in Florida, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina and Virginia matched five numbers but not the Powerball, just missing the $1.03 billion jackpot.
No tickets matched all six numbers, pushing the grand prize to $1.09 billion ahead of the April 3 drawing.
“The prize ranks as the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot and ninth-largest U.S. lottery jackpot, placing it one ranking below the $1.128 billion Mega Millions® jackpot that was won in New Jersey last Tuesday,” according to Powerball’s website.
The hefty prize is worth an estimated cash value of $527.3 million.
What to know about Powerball
To score a jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball.
The odds of scoring the jackpot prize are 1 in 292,201,338.
Tickets cost $2 and can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times vary by state.
Drawings are broadcast Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:59 p.m. ET and can be streamed online.
Powerball is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
This story was originally published April 2, 2024 at 7:29 AM with the headline "Two Powerball players win big in Georgia. Where were the lucky tickets sold?."