7 MA Tickets Worth $50K Sold In Powerball Drawings

MASSACHUSETTS — Seven Massachusetts residents missed the big jackpot but came out significantly richer this week. Tickets worth $50,000 each were sold in Massachusetts in Monday and Wednesday's drawings.

A ticket sold in California won the massive, $1.765 billion jackpot, the second-largest ever in the game's history.

In Wednesday's drawing, a $50,000 winner was sold at Waltham Fuel. Another ticket worth $50,000 was sold at Manomet Liquors in Plymouth.

On Monday, five tickets all worth $50,000 were sold. They were in the following locations:

• Black Duck Market & Deli in Newburyport
• Berkley Farms Liquors
• Save More Gas and Convenience in Raynham
• North River Beverage in Marshfield
• 7-Eleven in Charlestown

For Wednesday's drawing, the winning numbers were 22, 24, 40, 52, 64, and red Powerball 10. The Power Play multiplier was 2X.

For Monday's drawing, the winning numbers were 16, 34, 46, 55, 67, and red Powerball 14. The Power Play multiplier was 3X.

To win $50,000, the player must match four numbers and the Powerball number. To hit the jackpot, a player has to hit five numbers plus the Powerball number.

A lucky California resident won the jackpot of $1.765 billion in Wednesday's drawing. The jackpot has a cash value of $774.1 million. Most jackpot winners take the lump-sum payment option rather than an annuity that spreads payments over 20 years.

The winner marks the second-largest in the game's history. Last year, the jackpot climbed to over $2 billion before a California resident won, according to the California Lottery.

Wednesday's drawing marked the 36th in a row without a jackpot winner. It was also the first time in Powerball history that back-to-back jackpot cycles have generated billion-dollar grand prizes. The last time someone won it all was July 19, when a California resident won $1.08 billion.

Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. More than half of all proceeds from the sale of a Powerball ticket remain in the jurisdiction where the ticket was sold. Powerball drawings are broadcast live every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET from the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee.

The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.