Powerball players, it’s time to check your numbers.
According to the lottery’s website, one ticket sold in Morro Bay, California, matched all six numbers – 12, 22, 54, 66, 69 and Powerball 15 – in Monday night’s drawing to win the massive $699.8 million top prize. The jackpot was Powerball’s fifth-largest and the seventh-largest for any lottery in the United States, the website said.
California, we have a winner! 🎉Congratulations to our lucky player from Morro Bay who matched 6/6 numbers and won the $699.8 Million #Powerball jackpot in the Monday, October 4 draw. Thank you to all our players who played. #CALottery pic.twitter.com/U8MMEH1fht
— California Lottery (@calottery) October 5, 2021
One ticket sold in Tennessee matched five numbers and included the optional Power Play to win the second prize of $2 million, the lottery said. Five other tickets – including two sold in Massachusetts and one each in Arizona, Florida and Virginia – also matched five numbers to win $1 million prizes.
The jackpot for Wednesday night’s drawing will be $20 million, the lottery said.
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