Is it you? Two Upstate New Yorkers are holding fifty-thousand-dollar Powerball winning tickets. They were sold at a Stewart’s Shops for the Saturday night (September 6th) drawing.
The Saturday, September 6th, Powerball jackpot was one of the biggest in history, $1.8 billion. Even though no one in New York State won the enormous jackpot, there were two third-place winners in Upstate New York and one in Columbia County. These winning tickets are worth $50,000.
Why is the Third Prize Worth $50,000? According to the New York State Lottery, you win fifty thousand dollars if you match four numbers and the Powerball. The odds of doing that are 1 in 913,129! The numbers were 61, 23, 62, 44, 11, and the Powerball was 17.
Where were The Two 3rd-place winning Powerball tickets sold? Two Upstate New York Stewart’s Shops sold the winning $50,000 Powerball tickets. One Stewart’s Shop is located at 30 Church Street in Chatham.
The second third-place winner was sold at a Stewart’s Shop at 3648 Albany Post Road in Poughkeepsie.
The Powerball jackpot was worth $1.8 billion, which was the second-largest jackpot in history. Two winning tickets were sold. One in Texas and one in Missouri…