PARSIPPANY, New Jersey (WABC) -- New Jersey has just minted its newest Powerball millionaire, but no, it's not the half-billion jackpot that's still up for grabs.
Only three tickets across the country matched the five numbers but missed the Powerball to claim the second-place prize worth $1 million, and one of them is in Parsipanny.
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The ticket was sold at News Plus on Baldwin Road, New Jersey Lottery officials confirmed, though there is no word yet on who purchased it.
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The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday's drawing now stands at $550 million. No one has hit the jackpot since December.
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The biggest all-time lottery jackpot was a $1.5863 billion Powerball prize in 2016.
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Powerball is played in 44 states. Odds of winning the Powerball jackpot is 1 in 292 million.
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