Indiana
$1M winning Powerball ticket sold in White County. What to know
Odds of winning the Powerball and Mega Millions are NOT in your favor
Odds of hitting the jackpot in Mega Millions or Powerball are around 1-in-292 million. Here are things that you’re more likely to land than big bucks.
A Powerball player from Arkansas may have brought home the $1.817 billion jackpot from Christmas Eve’s drawing, but eight $1 million tickets were also sold — including in Indiana.
Here’s what to know:
Yes. A single ticket sold in Arkansas matched all six numbers drawn on Christmas Eve to win the $1.817 billion jackpot.
Eight other tickets sold in states including California, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia also won $1 million. Two of the eight tickets were sold in New York.
Hoosier Lottery Director of External Affairs Jared Bond said a $1 million winning Powerball ticket was sold in Chalmers, Indiana, and has not yet been claimed.
Chalmers is located about half an hour, or 20 miles, north of Lafayette in White County.
The winning numbers for the Wednesday, Dec. 24, drawing were: 4, 25, 31, 52, 59 and the Powerball was 19. The “Power Play” multiplier was 2x.
The next drawing will take place Dec. 27 at around 11 p.m. ET.
Tickets can be purchased in person at gas stations, convenience stores and grocery stores. Some airport terminals may also sell lottery tickets.
Contributing: Fernando Cervantes Jr., Mike Snider, Ray Padilla, Stephanie Stremplewski and Lillian Metzmeier, USA TODAY Network. Reach Marina Johnson at Marina.Johnson@courier-journal.com.