August 24, 2017
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Brisk Powerball Ticket Sales in New York Leads to Three $1,000,000 Second Prize Tickets Sold in Manhattan & Cheektowaga32 lucky New Yorkers win $50,000 third place prizes |
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Powerball fever was in full force throughout New York for yesterday’s $758.7 million jackpot with $23.7 million in New York sales for the single day. While the jackpot winning ticket wasn’t sold in New York, dozens of lucky New Yorkers are now significantly richer.
Two $1,000,000 second prize tickets were sold in Manhattan and one was sold in Cheektowaga. The three $1,000,000 winning tickets from last night’s drawing matched the first five numbers selected. The lucky second-prize winning tickets were sold at:
In addition to the three second prize winners, thirty-two lucky New Yorkers won the $50,000 third prize by matching the first four numbers drawn plus the Powerball. The lucky third-prize winning tickets were sold at:
NYC Metro Area:
Long Island:
Buffalo Area:
Rochester:
Capital Region:
Utica:
North Country:
The winning numbers for the August 23 Powerball Drawing were: 06 – 07 – 16 – 23 – 26 and Powerball (04).
Powerball costs $2 per game to play. To play Powerball, players choose five numbers from a field of 1 to 69 plus one Powerball number from a separate field of 1 to 26.
Winning Powerball tickets at all prize levels may be cashed up to one year from the date of the drawing.
About the New York Lottery The New York Lottery continues to be North America’s largest and most profitable Lottery, contributing $3.27 billion in fiscal year 2016-2017 to help support education in New York State. The Lottery’s contribution represents approximately 14 percent of total state education aid to local school districts.
New York Lottery revenue is distributed to local school districts by the same statutory formula used to distribute other state aid to education. It takes into account both a school district’s size and its income level; larger, lower-income school districts receive proportionately larger shares of Lottery school funding. |
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