Even though there was no winner for the whopping $1 billion Powerball lottery jackpot, a pair of tickets worth $1 million each was sold in Southern California over the weekend.
Saturday night’s drawing, which was the 39th since someone last claimed the grand prize, saw no tickets match all six numbers — 3, 18, 22, 27, 33 and the Powerball number 17. The next drawing, on Monday night, will now present a jackpot of $1.1 billion.
Lottery officials said that nine different tickets were sold matching five of the numbers, but each missed the Powerball number. Four of those tickets were sold in California, and two in Southern California…