New York Lottery Announces 7 “Big Money” Powerball Winners
Saturday Night's Powerball drawing turned out to be a VERY lucky one for seven people in New York.
While no one claimed the $608 million dollar jackpot, the New York State lottery announced that seven tickets sold in New York won the 3rd place prize of $50,000.
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Those seven tickets matched four out of five numbers and the Powerball number.
Saturday's Powerball numbers were: 8-11-19-24-46 with the Powerball of 5
Since no one won the grand prize jackpot, the jackpot has now grown to $638 million dollars for Monday's drawing.
Take a look at the largest lottery jackpots ever won in New York State.
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.
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