For the first time since 2020, a winning Powerball jackpot has been sold in New York City.
The lucky winner of a ticket bought in Flushing, Queens has snagged a $256 million prize, or $123.5 million pre-tax if they want a onetime cash payout, said the Multi-State Lottery Association, which administers Powerball drawings, in a statement Sunday.
The winning numbers in Saturday’s drawing were 1, 31, 43, 55 and 57, with Powerball 22, and the ticket was sold at Hua Lian Supermarket on Parsons Boulevard, the New York Lottery said.
It was the first Powerball jackpot won in New York since 2020, the MSLA said. It was just one of 568,978 winning tickets sold across the U.S. that included a dozen tickets worth $50,000, with six of them doubling to $100,000 via the ticket’s Power Play feature for another dollar.
One of those $50,000 tickets was sold in New Jersey, according to NJ.com. It was a third prize, matching four numbers plus the Powerball.
In the Mega Millions camp, the top prize has soared to $619 million in the jackpot-less streak that has been in play since Sept. 10, the last time someone bought the big winner. No one matched Friday’s drawing of white balls 16, 21, 33, 39 and 45, and gold Mega Ball 24, Mega Millions said Saturday.
The next Powerball drawing is Monday, and the next Mega Millions prize will be up for grabs on Tuesday.
