A pair of third-prize Powerball tickets were sold in New Jersey for Saturday’s drawing.
One ticket — worth $150,000 because it was purchased with the Powerball for an extra $1 — was bought at Super Fresh on Lyons Avenue in Irvington, Essex County, the New Jersey Lottery said.
A $50,000 ticket was bought at QuickChek on Route 206 in Hillsborough, Somerset County.
Both tickets matched four numbers plus the Powerball.
No one across the country won Saturday’s $167 million jackpot or Monday’s $177 million top prize.
Saturday’s winning numbers were: 12, 18, 28, 48 and 52. The Powerball drawn was 5 with a Power Play of 3X.
A second-prize, $1 million ticket was sold for Monday’s drawing in Oregon. It matched five numbers but not the Powerball.
Monday’s winning numbers were: 13, 47, 52, 64 and 67. The Powerball drawn was 25 with a Power Play of 2X.
Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot is worth an estimated $189 million with a cash option of $83.1 million.
The odds of hitting the Powerball jackpot are more than 292 million to 1. A player who buys a ticket has about a 1 in 11,688,053 chance to match five numbers but not the Powerball and win a second-prize of at least $1 million.
The odds of winning a third prize of at least $50,000 are 913,129 to 1.
Powerball drawings are held each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Jeff Goldman may be reached at jeff_goldman@njadvancemedia.com.
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