$50,000 Powerball ticket sold at supermarket in New Jersey

A $50,000 Powerball ticket was sold at a supermarket in Bergen County for Saturday’s lottery drawing.

The lucky third-prize ticket matched four numbers plus the Powerball and was purchased at Stew Leonard’s in Paramus, lottery officials said. It was the only $50,000 ticket purchased in the state.

Saturday’s winning numbers were: The winning numbers were: 12, 13, 34, 44 And 67. The Powerball was drawn 8with a power play from 3X.

No one nationwide succeeded in Saturday’s $172 million drawing, raising the top prize for Monday’s drawing to $184 million with a cash option of $85.1 million.

A second-prize ticket worth $1 million was sold in Florida. It matched five numbers, but not the Powerball.

Additionally, no one nationwide won the second $10 million Double Play jackpot on Saturday. These winning numbers were: 36, 40, 41, 50 And 60. The Double Play number drawn was 13.

The odds of hitting the Powerball jackpot are 292,201,388 to 1. A player who purchases a $2 ticket has about a 1 in 11,688,053 chance of matching five numbers and at least 1 Million $ to win, while the odds of winning a third prize are 913,129 to 1 or at least $50,000.

Powerball drawings take place every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Tuesday’s Mega Millions jackpot is $489 million with a cash option of $225.3 million.

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