Lottery players can have fun this week going for two jackpots that total $1.54 billion.
Tonight’s Powerball drawing offers the first big opportunity with a jackpot worth $900 million as an annuity or $465.1 million in cash. The jackpot represents the third largest in the game’s history and the seventh largest in U.S. history.
Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing features a jackpot worth $640 million as an annuity or $328 million in cash. That jackpot ranks as the seventh largest in the game’s history.
Friday’s Mega Millions drawing saw a huge win when one lucky ticket matched all five white balls to win $1 million. The $2 ticket came from the Food Lion on Highland Street in Mount Holly in Gaston County. The $1 million prize was one of three won in Friday’s drawing with the other two wins in California. One other nice win occurred in the drawing when a ticket purchased in Guilford County using Online Play matched four of the five white balls and the yellow Mega Ball to win $10,000.
Saturday’s Powerball drawing saw more big wins in the state as two tickets matched four white balls and the red Powerball to win $50,000 in the drawing. The wins occurred:
• In Raleigh with a ticket bought at Peace Street Market on West Peace Street
• In Huntersville with a ticket bought at Sam’s Mart on Cane Creek Drive
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292 million. The odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302 million.
Players can buy Powerball or Mega Millions tickets at any lottery retail location or through Online Play on the lottery’s website, www.nclottery.com.
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