A $ 33.2 million powerball ticket sold in NJ store

The ticket-winning ticket for the $ 33.2 million Powerball draw on Saturday was said at a convenience store in Morris County, New Jersey lottery officials said.

The only draw card in the country that matches five numbers plus the Powerball was purchased at QuickChek in Ridgedale Avenue in the Cedar Knolls division of Hanover.

According to Powerball, the lucky ticket has a cash option of $ 24,831,027.77.

Saturday’s winning numbers were: 1, 2, 7, 52 and 61. The Powerball Draw was 4 with a Power Play of 3X.

It was the second consecutive week that a jackpot-winning Powerball ticket was purchased in North Jersey. Someone who bought a ticket at a Clfton store won the $ 23.3 million jackpot on January 23rd.

There were also four-second prize tickets that matched five numbers sold for Saturday’s draw, including a $ 1 million Pennsylvania ticket and a $ 2 million Delaware ticket.

Wednesday’s jackpot is estimated at about $ 20 million with a cash option of $ 15 million.

The chance to win the Powerball jackpot is 292,201,388 against 1. The player who buys a $ 2 ticket has a chance of 1 out of 11,688,053 to match five numbers and win at least $ 1 million, while the chance 913,129 to 1 is around the third prize of at least $ 50,000.

Powerball is played Wednesday and Saturday in 45 states, Washington DC, the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

Jeff Goldman can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @JGoldmanNJ.

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