DUBOIS, Pa. — OK, so you didn't win the billion-dollar Powerball jackpot.
Five others in Pennsylvania didn't win it either -- but one of them did collect a cool $2 million prize, the Pennsylvania Lottery said Thursday.
There were a total of five winning Powerball tickets from last night's drawing in Pennsylvania, with a total prize of $2.4 million, the lottery said.
A player from Clearfield County got the big prize -- $2 million, to be exact -- while the other four won $100,000 each, according to the lottery.
The $100,000 winners were from Philadelphia, Lawrence, Clarion, and Bucks counties, the Lottery said.
These tickets were sold in Pennsylvania leading up to the 39th draw in a historic Powerball jackpot run, which ended when a single jackpot-winning ticket was sold in California. That ticket won the jackpot of $1.08 billion ($558.1 million cash), making it the third-largest Powerball jackpot and sixth-largest U.S. lottery jackpot.
A Walmart store in DuBois, Clearfield County earned a $10,000 bonus for selling the $2 million winning Powerball with Powerplay ticket.
The retailers who sold the $100,000 Powerball with Power Play winning tickets each earned a $500 bonus, the Lottery said.
They are:
- Wawa, 12004 East Roosevelt Boulevard, Philadelphia;
- Ho Ho Food Mart, 701 East Lutton St., New Castle, Lawrence County;
- Choice, 533 East State St., Knox, Clarion County; and
- LUKOIL, 4613 Street Road, Trevose, Bucks County.
The $2 million-winning Powerball with Power Play ticket matched five of the five white balls drawn (7-10-11-13-24) to win $2 million, less applicable withholding.
The four $100,000 winning Powerball with Power Play tickets each matched four of the five white balls drawn and the red Powerball 24 to win $100,000, less applicable withholding. Without the $1 Power Play option, the $2 million-winning ticket would have been worth $1 million, and the $100,000 tickets would have been worth $50,000 each. The Power Play multiplier drawn was two.
Prior to the drawing that produced the jackpot-winning ticket in California, the Powerball had been rolling since April 19, when the jackpot was last won in Ohio.
In Pennsylvania, this recent jackpot run has generated nearly $96 million in sales, creating a profit of more than $38 million to benefit older Pennsylvanians, the Lottery said.