Winning Powerball Ticket Sold in Nashua

NASHUA, NH — Though no one claimed the grand prize in Saturday’s $900 million Powerball drawing, someone is $50,000 richer after buying a winning ticket in Nashua.

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The ticket was sold at the Nashua Shell on Amherst Street, lottery officials said. It was one of five winning $50,000 Powerball tickets sold in New Hampshire for Saturday’s drawing. They were sold at:

• Bunny’s Superette, Manchester
• Nashua Shell, 620 Amherst St., Nashua
• Shaws Salem, Salem
• 7-Eleven, Merrimack
• Howie Glynn & Sons Convenience Store, Windham

The Powerball jackpot is now up to $1.5 billion.

When is the next Powerball drawing? Wednesday at 10:59 p.m. If no one wins the grand prize, the pot could surge to $2 billion for Saturday’s drawing.

Powerball tickets start at $2.

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