Pa. ticket wins $1 million as lottery jackpots rise
A Pennsylvania ticket won $1 million, while a New Jersey one scored $250,000, as the jackpots grew in the latest multistate lottery drawings.
A Pennsylvania ticket won $1 million, while a New Jersey one scored $250,000, as the jackpots grew in the latest multistate lottery drawings.
Tomorrow's top prize in Mega Millions will be $118 million for the annuity, $79.7 million cash, because nobody hit all the numbers drawn Friday night.
But two tickets - purchased in Pennsylvania and Texas - won $1 million for matching the first five numbers 2, 7, 18, 32 and 53, while having the Megaplier option, which automatically boosts the second-place money to seven-figures.
They missed only the Mega Ball, which was 18.
Winning $250,000 each for matching the first five numbers were three tickets, sold in New Jersey, New York and Ohio. A California ticket with the same combination won $350,933 under its pari-mutuel system.
The locations of the retailers who sold the Keystone and Garden State winners might be announced later today.
Wednesday's Powerball jackpot will be worth $72 million, or $39.9 million cash, because no one hit all of Saturday night's numbers: 2, 7, 16, 20 and 46, with a Powerball of 34.
A Florida ticket won $1 million for matching the first five while having the Power Play multiplier option. For just matching the first five, two tickets - sold in Michigan and Virginia - won $200,000 each.