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Winning $310.5M Powerball ticket sold in Michigan

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Oct 1, 2015

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One lottery winner is $310.5 million richer Thursday morning after only one ticket in all of the country matched all six numbers in Wednesday night's Powerball lottery drawing.

The winning ticket was sold at a gas station in Three Rivers, Michigan, WWMT reported.

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The winner has not been identified.

The Michigan Lottery said that the jackpot was the second largest this year.

The biggest jackpot, $564.1 million, was won in February, split by players in North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Texas, CBS News reported.

The winning numbers drawn Wednesday were 21-39-40-55-59, Powerball 17.  It was a 3x Power Play, according to the Powerball website.

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