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$1 Million Winning Powerball Ticket Sold in McLean
It wasn't the winning $429.6 million Powerball ticket, but one lucky person bought a ticket in McLean worth $1 million.
FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA -- Although the jackpot-winning ticket in Saturday's Powerball drawing was not bought in Virginia, there was no shortage of winners in the Commonwealth.
A total of 76,512 tickets bought in Virginia won prizes, including one ticket that won $1 million, according to the Virginia Lottery.
The ticket that won $1 million was bought in McLean, at the 7-Eleven store at 6720 Old Dominion Drive. It matched the first five numbers and missed only the Powerball number.
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The New Jersey Lottery announced early Sunday that the sole winning jackpot ticket of the Saturday Powerball drawing was purchased in the Garden State. The $429.6 million jackpot winning ticket was sold in Mercer County and matched the five white balls and the Powerball in the Saturday drawing, according to New Jersey Lottery officials.
The sale of Powerball tickets in Virginia leading up to Saturday's drawing generated an estimated $7.6 million in profits, according to Virginia Lottery officials. By law, all of those profits go to K-12 education in Virginia.
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Powerball drawings are held at 10:59 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays. Powerball drawings are broadcast on TV stations across Virginia and live on www.valottery.com.
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