Posted on Thu, Nov. 12, 2009
Three tickets sold in Pennsylvania came close.
So did nine sold in other states.
But only a single Kansas ticket scored the $96.6 million up for grabs in last night's Powerball drawing.
The numbers were 8, 12, 14, 22 and 29, with a Powerball that was also 22.
Winning $200,000 each for matching the first five numbers, but not the Powerball, were the three Pennsylvania tickets, two each from Florida and South Carolina, and one apiece from Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Hampshire and Wisconsin.
Nobody won $1 million for having the Power Play multiplier option plus the first five numbers.
The jackpot starts over again at $20 million for Saturday's drawing. Powerball is played in 31 states, including Delaware.
Mega Millions, the other major multistate lottery, is worth $12 million tomorrow, because two tickets - one sold in Union County, N.J., the other in California - hit the numbers Tuesday night for a $77 million jackpot.
For selling a jackpot winner, the Buyrite Supermarket, at 965 Maggie Ave. in Union, will get $10,000.
Two other tickets - sold in Monmouth and Mercer Counties - won $250,000 for having the first five numbers but not the Mega Ball. California, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Virginia each had one such winner.
The numbers were 8, 21, 29, 34 and 37, with a Mega Ball of 15.
Mega Millions is played in a dozen states, including Maryland and New York.
For more information, go to www.philly.com/philly/news/lottery, www.powerball.com or www.megamillions.com.
Contact staff writer Peter Mucha at 215-854-4342 or pmucha@phillynews.com.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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