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Three $50K Lottery Tickets Sold On Long Island
While there were no New York winners for the massive $731 million jackpot, three lucky people still won the $50,000 third prize.
SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY — While there were no local winners for the enormous $731 million Powerball jackpot, three lucky people won $50,000 third-place prizes on Long Island in Wednesday's drawing.
According to the New York Lottery, the three winning Powerball tickets were sold in Suffolk County at these stores: Suburban Gas Mart on Suburban Avenue in Deer Park; Hawkins Wine and Liquor on Hawkins Avenue in Ronkonkoma; and a 7-Eleven on Jericho Turnpike in Huntington Station.
Those three winners were among 13 in New York to win a $50,000 prize. No winning first- or second-place prize tickets were sold in New York.
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However, one very lucky person in Maryland won the $731 million jackpot. In addition, 12 people in California, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, New Jersey and Oregon won the $1 million second-place prize.
The winning numbers for the Jan. 20 drawing were 40, 53, 60, 68 and 69. The Powerplay number was 22.
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The Powerball jackpot reset back to $20 million. The Mega Millions jackpot is now close to $1 billion. A Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million was sold on Long Island last week.
The next Mega Millions drawing is Friday.
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