44 Powerball players became millionaires Saturday on a $23 million jackpot

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There was a single ticket that won the grand prize, but 43 people from 17 states and Puerto Rico also won at least $1 million in Saturday night's game.

The Powerball lottery game had an incredible amount of winners on Saturday, despite the game being just $23 million.

Saturday's 01/23/21 Powerball jackpot was $23.2 million, and a ticket sold in New Jersey won the grand prize, which had a cash option worth $17.3 million. Here's where it gets crazy. There were 43 other tickets sold that matched the first five white balls and just missed on the red Powerball for the game's second prize. Eight of those players won $2 million while the other 35 players won $1 million apiece.

Of the other 43 who won the second prize, eight of those purchased the Power Play for an extra $1, making their second prizes worth $2 million each. Those eight tickets were sold in Florida , Georgia, Illinois, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York and Puerto Rico. The remaining 35 second-prize tickets didn't purchase the Power Play, making their tickets worth $1 million each. They were sold in Arizona , California , Florida , Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York , Texas, Washington and Wisconsin.A Powerball ticket sold in Texas during September 2019.Powerball has now had two winners in one week. A ticket sold in Maryland hit the $731.1 million jackpot on Wednesday 01/20/21.

Mega Millions, the nation's other multi-state lottery, had a $1 billion winner on Friday, and that game now resets to $20 million for its Tuesday drawing.

 

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BishopStika How can 23 be divided into 44 such that each of the 44 have 1 of the 23?, I’m confused.

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