$50K Powerball ticket sold in Old Bridge, N.J

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A lottery player has won $50,000 from a Powerball ticket sold at a 7-Eleven in Old Bridge, New Jersey. The ticket was bought in Middlesex County for Monday's drawing. The winning ticket matched four numbers plus the Powerball. The numbers drawn were 11, 18, 23, 38, and 60, with the Powerball being 9. Despite the prize, no one won the $398 million jackpot. Two second-prize tickets worth $1 million were sold in Colorado and Pennsylvania. These tickets matched five numbers without the Powerball. The secondary Double Play drawing also had no winners for the $10 million prize. The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are extremely low, around 292 million to 1. For a second-prize win, the chances are about 1 in 11,688,053, while the odds for winning at least $50,000 are 913,129 to 1. Powerball drawings take place three times a week in various locations across the U.S. Meanwhile, the Mega Millions jackpot is estimated at $301 million for Tuesday.


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