Powerball amount rises to $1.2 billion; 2 won $50K in New Albany
No one has hit the most recent Powerball jackpot, which is now estimated to be $1.2 billion, however two Louisville-area residents obtained very fortunate in the most recent drawing anyway.
No one in the whole nation hit the highest jackpot, estimated at about $1 billion on the time, in Monday’s drawing. But 4 individuals who performed in Indiana scored that evening — together with two winners from New Albany, in accordance to a launch from Megan Wade-Taxter, a spokeswoman for the Indiana lottery.
Three of the 4 winners got here away with $50,000, together with two folks from New Albany, and one further fortunate particular person scored with a $1 million ticket, Wade-Taxter mentioned. Those awards haven’t but been acquired as of Wednesday, the discharge added.
Monday evening’s successful numbers have been 13-19-36-39-59 with a Powerball of 13, Wade-Taxter added.
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Where are the Indiana Powerball winners from?
- Two $50,000 successful tickets have been bought on the Save-A-Step Food Mart situated at 3010 St. Joseph Road in New Albany.
- A $50,000 successful ticket was bought at Circle H Food Mart situated at 2912 Lincoln Ave. in Evansville.
- A $1 million successful ticket was bought at a Speedway situated at 1 W. 81st St. in Merrillville.
Indiana had its first Powerball jackpot winner in 1992 and leads the nation in Powerball jackpot wins with 39, the discharge mentioned. The present $1.2 billion prize is the second-highest Powerball jackpot of all time.
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Were there any Powerball winners from Kentucky?
Four successful tickets have been bought in the Bluegrass State from Monday’s drawing, every value $50,000, in accordance to Kentucky Lottery spokeswoman Jennifer Cunningham. One of the tickets was bought on-line and the remaining have been bought at these places:
- Airport Food Mart at 1790 Airport Exchange Blvd. in Erlanger.
- Cub Run Market at 12725 Cub Run Highway in Cub Run.
- S-Mart at 607 Hodgenville Road in Elizabethtown.
Players should purchase tickets for Wednesday evening’s Powerball drawing on-line or at Powerball lottery retailers, in accordance to the web site. Drawings are held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays round 11:00 p.m
The prize is listed at $1.2 billion, however do not count on a 10-figure test should you win. The money payout for Wednesday’s Powerball drawing would find yourself being about $596.7 million, in accordance to powerball.com.
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