A Powerball player from Missouri and another from Texas have hit the lottery’s historic $1.79 billion jackpot.
The winning draw took place Saturday night, ending a stretch of more than three months without a grand prize winner.
Winning Numbers
The winning numbers were 11, 23, 44, 61, 62, and the red Powerball 17.
It was the second-largest jackpot in Powerball history.
Each ticket holder will split the prize, choosing either $895 million in annuity payments over 29 years or a lump sum of $410.3 million before taxes.
The Texas ticket was sold at Big’s 103 gas station in Fredericksburg, a small town about 75 miles west of Austin.
For Missouri, this marks the 33rd time the state has produced a jackpot winner.
Texas has now sold three jackpot-winning tickets.
Million-Dollar Winners
Fifteen other players won $1 million by matching all five white balls.
Winners came from California (2), Colorado, Florida, Illinois (2), Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York (2), Ohio (2), Oregon, Texas (2), and West Virginia.
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