CHESHIRE, Ct. — A single ticket sold at a convenience store in Cheshire, Connecticut, matched the $183.5 million Powerball jackpot numbers drawn Monday night, the state’s lottery officials confirmed during a Tuesday news conference.
Connecticut Lottery officials have not yet identified the holder of the winning ticket but confirmed that it was sold at a One Stop on South Main Street.
“Everybody goes there, it’s like a family atmosphere,” Bob Leonard, owner of Seems Like Yesterday antique shop, told WFSB. “Regulars going every day. It’s wicked exciting, right here in Cheshire, who would’ve thought?”
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The winning numbers were 16, 25, 27, 49, 55, and a Powerball of 17. The Power Play was 3X.
According to Powerball, the odds of winning any prize in its game are 1 in 24.9, while the odds of snagging the jackpot are one in 292.2 million.
Should the winning ticket holder opt for the lump-sum payout, that’s a cool $123.9 million.
Meanwhile, the store that sold the winning ticket will receive $100,000.
Monday’s drawing marks the second time the Powerball jackpot has been hit in 2022, with two tickets sold in California and Wisconsin split a $632.6 million jacpkot – the seventh-largest in the game’s history – on Jan. 5.
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According to lottery officials, more than 378,000 tickets won prizes in Monday night’s drawing, including a ticket sold in Michigan that matched all five white balls to win $1 million.
To see a creative list of ways the entire $183.5 million jackpot could be spent in Connecticut, read this complete WTIC-TV report.
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