Powerball player hits $1.8 billion jackpot in Texas. Where was lucky ticket sold?
A Powerball ticket sold in Texas hit the $1.787 billion jackpot, and several other Texas players won up to $2 million prizes.
A ticket sold in Missouri also matched five winning numbers and the Powerball to split the second-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history in the drawing Saturday, Sept. 6, the national Powerball site said.
Each top winner will have the choice of an annuitized prize of $893.5 million or a lump sum payment of $410.3 million, national lottery officials said.
The lucky Texas ticket was sold at a Big’s service station in Fredericksburg, which is about a 230-mile drive southwest from Fort Worth, the Texas Lottery said.
A ticket sold at in Tyler won $2 million, and tickets sold in Austin and Midlothian won $1 million each, the lottery said.
A ticket sold in Kansas also matched five winning numbers and the Power Play multiplier but not the Powerball to win $2 million.
Tickets sold in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon and West Virginia matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball to win $1 million each.
Two players in California, which adjusts lottery prize amounts based on the number of tickets sold and number of winners, won $1.5 million each, the California Lottery said.
Across the US, 232 players matched four numbers drawn and the Powerball to win $50,000, and 90 more added the Power Play multiplier to win $100,000.
The winning numbers were 11, 23, 44, 61 and 62 with a Powerball of 17. The Power Play multiplier was 2x.
Powerball jackpot resets
The jackpot resets to an estimated $20 million, with a cash value of about $9.2 million, for the next drawing Monday, Sept. 8, the national Powerball site said.
More than 9.9 million other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $100,000, the lottery said.
The Powerball jackpot was previously won May 31, when a California player hit the $204.5 million grand prize.
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 can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times and price 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.