Three $1 Million Powerball Tickets Sold In Florida: Check Your Numbers

SARASOTA, FL — While the $758.7 million Powerball jackpot prize went to a person who bought a ticket in Massachusetts for Wednesday night’s drawing, three tickets in Florida are worth $1 million, according to Florida Lottery officials.

The lottery confirmed Thursday morning that tickets sold in Sarasota, Miami Beach and Miami are $1 million winners in the Aug. 23 drawing. The numbers that earned the Massachusetts buyer the second-largest jackpot in Powerball history were: 6-7-16-23-26 with Powerball 4.

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Florida’s $1 million tickets were sold at:

• Sarasota – Publix, 8300 Bee Ridge Road
• Miami Beach – 7-Eleven, 350 Lincoln Road
• Miami – Public, 16800 N. Kendall Drive

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In order to win the $1 million prize, the lucky ticket buyers had to have five out of five of the winning numbers. With a jackpot winning ticket sold, the Powerball’s prize pool has dropped back down to $40 million for the next drawing on Saturday, Aug. 26.

Powerball drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. Eastern time. The record in the game was a $1.6 billion drawing in January 2016, which was won by a group of Tennessee workers. And five months ago, on Feb. 22, a lucky player in Indiana won the $435 million Powerball jackpot, the 10th largest in the game's history.

The Powerball game is played by matching all five white balls in any order and the red Powerball number. The odds of picking the correct Powerball grand prize numbers are one in 292,201,338.

The lottery game is played in 44 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball draws can be seen on hundreds of TV stations nationwide. It may also be available on cable or your mobile device. The draws are also posted on YouTube and on the Powerball site. Where to watch the Powerball drawing on TV.

Floridians who aren’t sure where to pick up tickets, can visit the Florida Lottery for a complete list of retailers.

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