Two $1 million Powerball prizes add to string of big wins in Georgia. What to know
Two $1 million Powerball prizes capped off a lucky weekend for Georgia lottery players.
Two tickets sold in the Peach State matched five numbers but not the Powerball in the March 29 drawing, narrowly missing the estimated $527 million jackpot, the Georgia Lottery said.
One $1 million ticket was sold at a Shell Food Mart in Jonesboro and the other was purchased by a Decatur resident on the Georgia Lottery mobile app, officials told McClatchy News.
Other players scored $150,000 and $50,000 prizes, results show.
- $150,000 ticket: bought by a Stockbridge resident on Georgia Lottery’s website.
- $50,000 ticket: sold at a Fillers gas station in Montezuma.
The winning numbers were 7-11-21-53-61 and red Powerball 2, according to the Powerball website. The Power Play multiplier was 3x.
Someone in California snagged the $527 million jackpot prize after matching all six numbers drawn Saturday, Powerball officials said. It comes more than two months after a Powerball player in Oregon hit the jackpot Jan. 18, claiming a $328.5 million prize.
The two Georgia winners were among five $1 million prizes also won in Ohio, Oregon and Texas, according to the lottery game’s website.
Winners in Georgia have 180 days from the draw date to claim prizes and are encouraged to sign the back of their ticket, state lottery officials said.
What to know about Powerball
To score the 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 March 31, 2025 at 9:53 AM.