Arizona
Powerball ticket from Arizona wins $1M in Jan. 1 drawing
PHOENIX — Somebody who bought a Powerball ticket in Arizona has one million extra reasons to celebrate the new year.
A $2 ticket purchased somewhere in the state matched all five white numbers drawn Wednesday night — 6, 12, 28, 35 and 66 — to win a cool $1 million.
Arizona Lottery officials haven’t yet announced where the seven-figure entry was purchased.
Was there a jackpot-winning Powerball ticket on Wednesday?
Nobody matched all white numbers plus the red Powerball of 26 to win the estimated jackpot of $181 million in the New Year’s Day drawing. The Arizona ticket was one of two to win $1 million, with the other being sold in North Carolina.
The odds of winning $1 million in Powerball are about 1 in 11.7 million.
Drawings in the multistate game of chance are held Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The estimated jackpot for the next drawing on Saturday is $200 million.
Arizona doubles up on $1 million wins
Wednesday’s big payout was Arizona’s second $1 million lottery prize in a span of six days.
A Mega Millions ticket sold at the Fry’s Fuel Center at 8260 S. Houghton Road in Tucson won $1 million in Friday’s drawing.
Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesday and Friday nights.