Powerball players win $1 million in Georgia. Where were the lucky tickets sold?
Two Powerball tickets sold in Georgia won $1 million each, just missing the $244 million jackpot, lottery officials say.
The tickets matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, Oct. 11, the Georgia Lottery said. Another ticket won a $50,000 prize.
The lucky $1 million tickets were sold at a Citgo Food Mart in Union City, which is about a 20- mile drive southwest from Atlanta, and a K and B Food Mart in Snellville, which is about a 35-mile drive northeast from Atlanta.
The winning numbers were 13, 16, 18, 20 and 27 with a Powerball of 10. The Power Play multiplier was 2x.
Powerball jackpot rises
Nobody won the jackpot, which rises to an estimated $258 million, with a cash value of about $120.8 million, for the next drawing Monday, Oct. 13, the national Powerball site said.
Nearly 625,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $100,000, the lottery said.
The Powerball jackpot was last won Sept. 6, when players in Missouri and Texas split the $1.787 billion grand prize.
What to know about Powerball
To score a jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball.
The odds of scoring the jackpot prize are 1 in 292,201,338.
Tickets can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times and price vary by state.
Drawings are broadcast Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:59 p.m. ET and can be streamed online.
Powerball is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.