Powerball: Springfield convenience store sells winning $50,000 ticket
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The Massachusetts State Lottery offers a number of games, including Mega Millions, Powerball, Mass Cash, Keno and more.
A Massachusetts State Lottery player won a $50,000 Powerball prize from a ticket they purchased from a convenience store in Springfield on Monday, March 20, for the drawing scheduled for that night.
The winning numbers for the drawing were 1, 27, 32, 47, 67 and Powerball: 14. There was also a 2X Power Play, meaning winning tickets that were purchased as Power Play tickets had their prize values multiplied by 2.
The winning $50,000 ticket was purchased from One Stop Mart in Springfield. It was the only Powerball prize won in the Bay State for the drawing. The winner matched four of the five white balls on their ticket to the numbers drawn, along with the Powerball number.
Powerball tickets are $2 each, and the game can be played in 45 states along with Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball players must choose a five numbers ranging from 1-69 for their ticket, and one Powerball number ranging from 1-26. Drawings are on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The next Powerball drawing will be on Wednesday, March 22, at 10:59 p.m. and the jackpot will be valued at $96 million.
Overall, there were 1,006 lottery tickets worth at least $600 won or claimed in Massachusetts on Monday, including 33 in Springfield and 35 in Worcester.
The Massachusetts State Lottery releases a full list of all the winning tickets each day. The list only includes winning tickets worth more than $600.
The two largest lottery prizes won in the state of Massachusetts so far in 2023 were $33 million and $31 million Mega Millions jackpot prizes.
The tickets were each sold a week apart, with the $33 million ticket for the Tuesday, Jan. 24 drawing purchased from a Stop & Shop in Belchertown. The winner came forward to claim their prize on March 1 through the Skylark Group Trust.
The $31 million Mega Millions jackpot ticket was won on Jan. 31. The winning ticket was bought in Woburn from a Gibbs gas station, and the winner claimed their prize on March 8 through S & L Trust.
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