Powerball third-prize tickets sold in New Jersey, including a $200,000 win via mobile app
A $200,000 Powerball third-prize ticket purchased through the Jackpocket app and two $50,000 third-prize tickets sold in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, matched four numbers plus the Powerball, while the $804 million jackpot rolled over to $835 million.
A $200,000 Powerball third-prize ticket was sold in New Jersey through the Jackpocket mobile app, with the winner adding a $1 Power Play option, lottery officials said. Two additional third-prize tickets, each worth $50,000, were bought in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County – one at a ShopRite on Convery Boulevard and the other at LC Grocery on State Street. All three tickets matched four numbers plus the Powerball in Monday’s draw, which featured the numbers 7, 23, 29, 64 and 66 and a Powerball of 23 with a 4X Power Play.
No ticket in the United States matched all five numbers, leaving the $804 million jackpot to increase to $835 million for the Wednesday drawing, with a cash option of $357.9 million. A separate second-prize ticket worth $1 million was purchased in Delaware, matching five numbers but not the Powerball; officials have not disclosed the point of sale.
Lottery officials noted the odds of winning the jackpot with a $2 ticket are 292,201,338-to-1, while the odds of a third-prize win of at least $50,000 are 913,129-to-1.