4 $1 Million Powerball Tickets Sold In The Hudson Valley

Four second-prize tickets for the Jan 23 Powerball drawing were sold in the Hudson Valley, along with another seven in New York City, New York Lottery officials announced early Sunday.

Each ticket is worth a guaranteed $1 million.

In the Hudson Valley, the $1 million tickets were sold at:

• Acme No. 2499 Greenburgh, 103 Knollwood Road in White Plains
• R & J Food Corp, 274 S. Broadway, Yonkers
• Spring Valley Wholesales Inc., 35 Lawrence St. in Spring Valley
• Stewart's Shops No. 357, 54 Vassar Road, Poughkeepsie

In New York City, the seven winning tickets include six of $1 million and one of $2 million.

The jackpot Saturday was $20 million as the game reset after Wednesday. A Maryland ticket hit one of the largest prizes in the game's history at $731.1 million.

The winning numbers for the Powerball game are drawn from a field of one to 69. The red Power Ball is drawn from a separate field one to of 26. The Powerball drawing is televised every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m.

To win the Powerball jackpot, a player must match all five white balls in any order and the red Powerball number.

The odds of picking the correct Powerball grand prize numbers are one in 292,201,338, which doesn't change even if more players buy tickets when the jackpot is enormous.

You have a better chance of hitting the jackpot if you let the computer pick your numbers, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which operates the Powerball game and reports that about 75 percent of winning tickets have numbers chosen by a computer.

The lottery game is played in 44 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball drawings can be seen on 125 TV stations nationwide. They may also be available on cable or your mobile device. Drawing shows are also posted to Powerball.com under the video section and to YouTube.

Powerball tickets cost $2 each.