PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — No one took home the $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, but there are a few new millionaires in the region.
In New Jersey, three different tickets each matched all five white balls, raking in $1 million apiece. One player, however, will receive double the prize — $2 million — because they played the Power Play multiplier.
The winning tickets were sold in Saddle Brook and Edison, and the $2 million one at a Raceway gas station in Matawan, Monmouth County.
Fifteen other New Jersey players won $50,000 apiece, and one won $100,000.
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In Pennsylvania, three Powerball winners claimed $100,000 each. Their tickets matched four of the five white balls. All three were sold in Philadelphia:
• Wawa, 2600 Penrose Ave., South Philadelphia
• ShopRite, 6901 Ridge Ave., Roxborough
• Eddie’s General Store, 2849 Holme Ave., Northeast Philadelphia
In a separate lottery, a store in Philadelphia’s Lawncrest neighborhood sold a $3 million Diamonds and Gold Scratch-Off. L&P Express on Whitaker Avenue gets a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
Wednesday night’s Powerball draw was: 2, 11, 22, 35 and 60. The red Powerball number was 23.
With no one taking the top prize, the Powerball jackpot has grown to $1.5 billion, the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. No one has won the top Powerball prize since Aug. 3, making for 39 consecutive drawings without anyone matching all six numbers.
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The odds of winning the jackpot are an abysmal 1 in 292.2 million. It is because of those long odds that the grand prize has grown so large.
The new $1.5 billion prize is actually for winners who opt for an annuity, paid out annually over 29 years. Nearly all winners choose cash, which for Saturday’s drawing would be $745.9 million.
Powerball is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.