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A person in Massachusetts was doubly fortunate throughout a Powerball drawing earlier this month.
Fitchburg resident Paul Corcoran landed a $2 million pre-tax windfall from a pair of lottery tickets that received him prizes in the course of the drawing that Powerball held on July 9, the lottery stated Tuesday.
Corcoran’s windfall got here after he “initially purchased a ticket for seven Powerball drawings and mistakenly thought the ultimate drawing on that ticket had already occurred, main him to buy one other multi-draw ticket that additionally included the July 9 drawing,” Powerball stated, citing the Massachusetts Lottery.
The person received $2 million within the fortunate drawing. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Instances through Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
Every of the tickets introduced him $1 million in prize cash earlier than taxes due to them matching Powerball’s 5 white balls for that drawing.
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He reportedly stated he hasn’t but found out what he’ll do with the prize cash he claimed only a couple days after the drawing.
A second ticket was offered in Texas. (William Thomas Cain/Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
Together with Corcoran’s two tickets, there have been a complete of eight $1 million “Match 5” profitable tickets from the July 9 drawing, with the others in California, Florida, Illinois and Nebraska, per Powerball. One other $2 million prize went to a ticket that used the Energy Play choice in Texas.
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No person landed the jackpot in that drawing – and it has continued to develop within the handful which have taken place since then, in response to the lottery.
The jackpot presently stands at an annuitized $288 million. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Company through Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
The jackpot for Powerball, which is subsequent slated to attract on Saturday night, presently stands at an annuitized $288 million. Its money worth is $130.6 million, the lottery’s web site confirmed.
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The final time somebody landed the Powerball grand prize was on the finish of Could, when somebody in California scored $204.5 million.
In the meantime, the Mega Hundreds of thousands lottery’s jackpot was estimated Thursday to be $100 million forward of its Friday night drawing.