Gwinnett Powerball player buys $1M ticket as jackpot grows for Monday drawing
A Gwinnett County grocery store shopper can now afford to buy a whole bunch of turkeys for this week’s holiday feast.
The Publix at 1525 Pleasant Hill Road in Duluth sold a Powerball ticket worth $1 million in Saturday’s multistate drawing, the Georgia Lottery said.
The lucky player matched all five white-ball numbers: 28-32-36-51-69. But the ticket holder failed to match the red 2 ball, so the Powerball jackpot will continue to grow to an estimated $654 million ahead of Monday night’s drawing.
A player in Jonesboro used the Georgia Lottery mobile app to win $50,000 in the drawing by matching four of the five white-ball numbers and the Powerball.
Monday’s jackpot is hefty but nowhere near the record Powerball jackpot of $2.04 billion. That 2022 prize was won by a player in California.
Though players are tantalized by the life-changing sums, the odds of winning the jackpot are just 1 in 292.2 million.
Earlier this month, a Georgia Lottery player who bought a ticket in Newnan won the massive $980 million jackpot in Mega Millions, another popular multistate game. The person’s identity has not been revealed.
The prize, the largest in state history, boasted an estimated cash value of $452.2 million, officials previously said. That ticket also was sold at a Publix.
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