4 “Big Money” Powerball Tickets Sold In New York
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.
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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.
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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