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Lottery Ticket Worth $1M Sold At Crofton Business

Someone bought a Powerball ticket worth $1M at a 7-Eleven in Crofton. The Powerball jackpot now increases to $70 million.

CROFTON, MD — Someone purchased a $1 million winning Powerball ticket from the 7-Eleven in Crofton. The winner only missed the $60 million jackpot by one ball. The winning numbers to match were 23, 26, 27, 28, 66 and the Powerball was 11. The $1 million ticket sold in Crofton matched the first five numbers, but did not match the Powerball number.

Lottery officials stated that the new millionaire should sign the back of the lucky ticket immediately and put it in a safe location. The winner has 182 days from the date of the drawing to claim the big prize in person at Lottery headquarters, 1800 Washington Blvd. in Baltimore.

Even though no one in Maryland hit the jackpot, there were a total of 10,554 winning Powerball tickets sold statewide for the Nov. 13 drawing. Powerball has nine different prize levels ranging from $4 to the jackpot. The Powerball jackpot now increases to $70 million for the Nov. 16 drawing with a cash option of $47 million.

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