Powerball players across the US win millions. Where were the lucky tickets sold?
Powerball tickets sold in Idaho, Illinois and New Jersey won millions but just missed the $92 million jackpot, lottery officials say.
The tickets matched five winning numbers, but not the Powerball, in the drawing Saturday, Dec. 21, the national Powerball site said.
The tickets sold in Idaho and New Jersey also matched the Power Play to win $2 million. The Illinois ticket won $1 million.
Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $103 million, with a cash value of $47 million, for the next drawing Monday, Dec. 23, the site said.
The winning numbers were 1, 12, 17, 21 and 58, with a Powerball of 1, the lottery said. The Power Play was 3x.
More than 500,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $150,000, the lottery said.
The Powerball jackpot has gone unclaimed since Dec. 7, when a New York player won the $256 million grand prize, lottery officials said.
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.
This story was originally published December 22, 2024 at 9:47 AM.