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A lottery player bought a Powerball ticket worth $50,000 for Wednesday’s drawing at a ShopRite in Ocean County. The third-prize ticket was sold at the supermarket on North County Line Road in Jackson, state lottery officials said. It matched four numbers plus the Powerball. The odds of winning a third prize of at least $50,000 are 913,129 to 1.
I saw the numbers on the TV, and I was in disbelief,” the winner told lottery officials. “I got out of bed and just started calling everybody.”
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The jackpot amounts for the PowerBall and PowerBall Plus draws were R61 million and R30 million, respectively.
Mega Millions draws on Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 p.m. The odds of winning the jackpot with a $5 ticket are 1-in-290,472,336. The official Ohio Lottery site offers more information on instant tickets,
Robert Newman of Astoria, Queens, claimed the $1 million second prize on the New York Lottery’s Powerball game, according to officials. Newman matched the first five numbers drawn on Dec. 17, 2025. The winning numbers were: 25, 33, 53, 62, 66 and Powerball 17.