2 lucky metro Atlantans each win $1 million playing Powerball
What do a Chevron and a Citgo have in common?
The gas stations sold $1 million winning Powerball tickets to two lucky metro Atlantans over the weekend.
The players matched all five numbers in the Saturday drawing. One ticket was purchased at a Snellville Chevron and the other at a Citgo in Union City, according to the Georgia Lottery. Each player won $1 million pretax.
The two Georgians were among four million-dollar winners across the U.S. in the national Powerball drawing. No one won the jackpot, which is expected to hit $273 million in the next drawing Wednesday.
The Powerball jackpot last month generated lots of excitement when it was finally won by players in Missouri and Texas at $1.79 billion. Many Georgia hopefuls bought tickets in the game’s second-largest haul since its 1992 launch.
The chances of winning the jackpot are just 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball.
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