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1 winning ticket for Saturday's $338M Powerball jackpot sold in NJ; 6th largest jackpot ever
• DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A single ticket sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in Saturday night's drawing for the $338.3 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials said. It was the 13th drawing held in the days since a Virginia man won a $217 million jackpot Feb. 6. • Thirteen other tickets worth $1 million each matched all but the final Powerball number on Saturday night. Those runner-up tickets were sold in New Jersey and 10 other states. • The New Jersey Lottery said Sunday that details about the winning ticket would be released Monday, declining to reveal where it had been purchased and whether anyone had immediately come forward. It was the sixth largest jackpot in history. • The numbers drawn were 17, 29, 31, 52, 53 and Powerball 31. A lump sum payout would be $221 million. • Lotter officials said the 13 tickets worth $1 million apiece -- matching the first five numbers but missing the Powerball -- were sold in Arizona, Florida (2), Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), South Caro (Continued on page 23)
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