Simply, wow.
Three million-dollar-winning Powerball tickets have been bought in New York for the newest drawing on Monday, in keeping with lottery officers. All three of them have been bought on the identical Yonkers gasoline station.
The New York Lottery stated in a press release that every one three million-dollar winners, second prize within the Powerball recreation, have been bought at V & C Taneja, a comfort retailer adjoining to a BP station at 600 Nepperhan Avenue.
Everyone knows the percentages of any one in all us hitting the jackpot at any given time are abysmal: 1 in 292.2 million. We do not know the percentages of three second-prize tickets being bought on the identical New York retailer for a similar drawing, however we guess these aren’t excellent both.
The following drawing is Wednesday evening, with an estimated $320 million jackpot ($152.2 million money worth). Folks most likely determine that place is out of luck.
Or is it?
The biggest lottery jackpot in U.S. historical past stands at $2.04 billion and was gained by a single Powerball ticket in California on Nov. 7, 2022. The winner, Edwin Castro, got here ahead in early 2023 after months of hypothesis.
Powerball is performed in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are held at 10:59 p.m. ET on the Florida Lottery studio in Tallahassee.
