2 $50,000 Winning Powerball Tickets Sold On Long Island

LONG ISLAND, NY — The new year started off lucky for two people who purchased Powerball tickets on Long Island.

According to the New York Lottery, a total of three third-prize $50,000 winning Powerball tickets were sold for the New Year's Day drawing. The winning tickets each had four matching numbers and the Powerball.

One ticket was sold at Royal Mini Mart on Hampton Street in Sag Harbor, the New York Lottery said. Another was sold at Popular Card and Gift on Union Boulevard in West Islip. And a third ticket was sold on Main Street in Fishkill. The odds of winning $50,000 are 1 in 913,129.

The winning numbers for the Powerball drawing on Jan. 1 were: 6-12-39-48-50 , and the Powerball number was 7.

There were no winning tickets sold for the $518.7 million Powerball jackpot, which is estimated to be $525 million for Monday night’s drawing, the New York Lottery said.

The winning numbers for the Powerball game are drawn from a field of one to 69. The Powerball number is drawn from a separate field one to of 26. The Powerball drawing is televised every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 11 p.m.

Editor's note: The New York Lottery initially sent out incorrect winning numbers; the numbers now listed are correct.

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