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$50,000-Winning Powerball Ticket Sold on Long Island, Saturday's Jackpot Soars to $478M
One Long Islander was just one number away from claiming a $438 million jackpot on Wednesday.
A Powerball ticket for Wednesday's drawing worth a cool $50,000 was sold on Long Island, the New York Lottery announced Friday.
No one won the $438 million jackpot Wednesday, but three third-prize winning tickets (matching four of five numbers plus the Powerball) were sold in New York, including one at Jay Cards & Gifts at 712 Old Bethpage Road in Old Bethpage.
With no top prize winner from Wednesday’s drawing, the jackpot continues to roll and is now at $478 million for the Saturday, July 30 drawing.
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The winning numbers for Wednesday's Powerball drawing were 10-47-50-65-68 and Powerball 24.
The largest Powerball jackpot ever claimed in New York was by a group of 20 co-workers from a Costco store in Melville who split a $201.9 million jackpot in 2011.
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The largest Powerball jackpot across all participating 44 states to date is $1.58 billion, which was split among winners in California, Florida and Tennessee earlier this year.
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