The Powerball jackpot is one of the biggest in history. Tonight, the jackpot is 1.3 billion dollars. On Monday, the jackpot swelled to over a billion dollars, and even though there was no first-place winner, there were three Capital Region winners of the third-place prize.
It seems that local Stewart’s Shops are a hotbed for winning lottery tickets. There have been several New York Lottery Take5 winners cashing in from $18,000 to $38,000. But the most recent winners for the Powerball drawing have won $50,000 a piece.
According to the New York Lottery, there were three $50,000 Powerball winners in the Monday night, September 1st, drawing. Each was sold at three separate Stewart’s Shops throughout the Capital Region.
Two of the $50,000 winners were sold at Stewart’s Shops in Saratoga County, and the third was sold in Rensselaer County…