There are four very happy Powerball players in New York State this morning.

The New York State Lottery announced that there were four "Big Money" winning third-place tickets sold from Monday Night's Powerball drawing.

Each one of the tickets matched four out of five numbers and also had the Powerball. The Powerball 3rd place prize is $50,000.

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Monday Night's winning Powerball numbers were: 19-24-40-42-56 with a Powerball of 23.

No one claimed the grand prize jackpot on Monday which means Wednesday's drawing now has a grand prize of $1.09 Billion dollars. No one has won the grand prize Powerball jackpot since January 1st of this year.

The $1.09 Billion dollar jackpot would dwarf the current record for the largest lottery jackpot ever won by a New York resident.

Here is a look at the largest lottery jackpots ever won by a New York resident.
6. $202 Million Dollars

A group of players who played under an LLC named 1937 Flatbush Ave Dodgers LLC won the Powerball prize on June 1st, 2011.

5.$208 Million Dollars

Daniel Bruckner claimed the Mega Millions jackpot winning just a shade over $200 million dollars in December of 2011.

4. $319 Million Dollars

Seven co-workers from Albany pulled their money and had the winning ticket for the Mega Millions. They took home $319 million dollars in 2011.

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3. $326 Million Dollars

Harold Diamond held the record for the largest lottery jackpot in New York for seven years. He took home the Mega Millions jackpot in 2014.

2. $432 Million Dollars

This winning Mega Millions ticket was sold in September of 2021. The NY Lottery does not know who owns the tickets.

1. $476 Million Dollars

Johnnie Taylor took home the jackpot from the Mega Millions drawing in April of 2023.

Just don't hold your breath, the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.

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