Powerball winning ticket worth $94m sold at New York liquor store
Winner has cash option of $75.5m
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Your support makes all the difference.The winner purchased the ticket at Minogue’s Beverage Center on Route 9 in Malta, Saratoga County, according to lottery officials.
According to NorthJersey.com, the Powerball ticket’s cash value is $75.5m.
A second-place $2m ticket that matched five numbers but not the Powerball was sold in Texas, according to officials.
The last Powerball winner was in August, when a lottery player in Florida won the $168.5m jackpot.
The jackpot has since reset to $20m with a $16m cash option for Saturday’s drawing, according to NorthJersey.comThe odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338, according to CNBC, while the odds of winning the second prize are 1 in 11,688,053.
The Powerball jackpot winner comes a day after a ticket sold in Wisconsin won the $120m Mega Millions jackpot, marking the first time a Mega Millions jackpot was won in the state.
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