Jackpot! Someone is holding a billion-dollar Powerball ticket. One winner was sold in California but there were 36 million dollar winners, including 5 in New York.

The Powerball numbers from Wednesday, July 19 drawing were:

7-10-11-13-24 +24

A single ticket sold in California matched all six numbers drawn to win the big $1.08 billion jackpot, the third largest in history.

“Congratulations to our newest Powerball jackpot winner and the California Lottery!” said Drew Svitko, Powerball Product Group Chair and Pennsylvania Lottery Executive Director.

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New York Powerball Winners

36 lucky lottery players won the second prize of a million bucks. The winning tickets were sold in California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and 5 in New York.

Albany County: Cumberland Farms on Troy Schenectady Road in Latham
Bronx: Salam Deli on Morris Park Avenue
Cayuga County: Wegmans on Loop Road in Auburn
Jefferson County: Sliders Food Mart on James Street in Clayton
Westchester County: Central Snack Mart on Central Avenue in White Plains

The jackpot resets to $20 million for the Saturday, July 22 drawing.

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Top 10 Powerball Jackpots

$2.04 Billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – CA
$1.586 Billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN
$1.08 Billion – July 19, 2023 – CA
$768.4 Million – March 27, 2019 – WI
$758.7 Million – Aug. 23, 2017 – MA
$754.6 Million – Feb. 6, 2023 - WA
$731.1 Million – Jan. 20, 2021 – MD
$699.8 Million – Oct. 4, 2021 – CA
$687.8 Million – Oct. 27, 2018 – IA, NY
$632.6 Million – Jan. 5, 2022 – CA, WI

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Mega Millions

This is the second million-dollar lottery winner in New York this week. Someone won big in Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing.

The winning Mega Millions numbers for Tuesday, July 18 were:

19-22-31-37-54 +18

The million-dollar ticket in the Empire State was sold at the Mirabito on Fulton Street in Ithaca.

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Fifth Highest Mega Millions Jackpot

For only the fifth time in history, the Mega Millions jackpot has grown to more than $700 since no one hit the top prize on July 18. It's at an estimated $720 million ($369.6 million cash) for the next drawing on Friday, July 21.

Top Mega Millions Jackpots

$1.537 billion - Oct 12, 2018 - SC
$1.348 billion - Jan 13, 2023 - ME
$1.337 billion - July 29, 2023 - IL
$1.050 billion - Jan 22, 2021 - MI
$720 million - July 21, 2023 - ?
$656 million - March 30, 2012 - IL, KS, MD
$648 million - Dec 17, 2013 - CA, GA
$543 million - July 24, 2018 - CA
$536 million - July 8, 2016 - IN
$533 million - March 30, 2018 - NJ

You can check all winning numbers at Nylottery.ny.gov.

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