Two $1M Powerball Tickets Sold In MD, Jackpot Climbs To $1.5B

MARYLAND — While nobody claimed the Powerball $1.2 billion jackpot Wednesday night, there were two tickets sold in Maryland for the drawing that are worth $1 million.

The Powerball jackpot has swelled to a staggering $1.5 billion for the Saturday, Nov. 5, drawing after no one matched the winning numbers Wednesday. Players in Maryland need to pick up their tickets by 9:59 p.m. Saturday for a chance at the near-record lottery prize.

In Wednesday’s Powerball drawing, the winning numbers were 02, 11, 22, 35 and 60, with a Powerball of 23.

Maryland saw two players score second-tier prizes of $1 million each in Wednesday's drawing. The state also had three players who won $100,000 each and five who won $50,000 each.

Here is where all of Maryland's major winning tickets were sold:

• $1 million — Cross Keys Exxon, 4434 Falls Road, Baltimore City
• $1 million — Giant #146, 655 Solomons Island Road in Prince Frederick (Calvert County)
• $100,000 — Sheetz #713, 10505 Sharpsburg Pike, Hagerstown (Washington County)
• $100,000 — Steve’s Beer, Wine & Deli, 12132 Darnestown Road, Gaithersburg (Montgomery County)
• $100,000 —Wawa #556, 12502 Ocean Gateway, Ocean City (Worcester County)
• $50,000 — 3 Star Beer & Wine, 18524 Woodfield Road, Gaithersburg (Montgomery County)
• $50,000 — 7-Eleven #19925, 14215 Jarrettsville Pike, Phoenix (Baltimore County)
• $50,000 — Carroll Motor Fuels, 500 Frederick Road, Catonsville (Baltimore County)
• $50,000 — Brentwood Liberty, 3730 Rhode Island Avenue, Brentwood (Prince George’s County)
• $50,000 — Wawa #573, 10245 Kirksville Lane, Dunkirk (Calvert County)

Powerball drawings are held at 10:59 p.m. ET on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The jackpot could increase before the next drawing.

Winners may choose to receive their prize as an annuity paid in 30 graduated payments over 29 years, or they may take a cash payout, which is estimated at $745.9 million for the next game. Nearly all winners choose cash.

The estimated $1.5 billion jackpot is the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history, and the second-largest in the history of the Powerball game.

The jackpot has gone unclaimed since Aug. 3. The longer it goes without a winner, the closer it comes to 2016's record Powerball jackpot of $1.586 billion.

The odds of winning are abysmal, about 1 in 292.2 million. Odds of winning any prize are better, 1 in 24.9.

A Powerball ticket costs $2. For an additional $1 per ticket, players can multiply non-jackpot prizes by up to 10 times with the Power Play feature. One caveat: The 10X multiplier is only available when the advertised jackpot annuity is $150 million or less.

To win the jackpot, a player must match all the white balls in any order and the red Powerball number. Players can choose their own numbers or let the ticket vending machine pick the numbers for them. Lottery officials say about 75 percent of winning tickets over the years were picked by the computer, not by the player.

Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. According to Powerball, more than half of all ticket sales remain in the jurisdiction where the ticket was sold.