"New Year's Powerball Draws Create Millionaires in California and Michigan"
TL;DR
A California Powerball player started the New Year by winning $1.2 million after matching five numbers in the lottery on January 1st. The ticket was sold in the small town of Baker, San Bernardino County. Meanwhile, a player in Michigan won the fifth-largest Powerball jackpot of $842.4 million, with a cash value of $425.2 million before taxes. Powerball is available in 45 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- California Powerball player wins $1.2 million on New Year’s Day KCRA Sacramento
- First winning Powerball lottery numbers of the year drawn as jackpot topped $842.4M Fox Business
- Powerball players win $150,000 each in Georgia. Where were the winning tickets sold? Yahoo! Voices
- $842M Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Michigan Detroit Free Press
- $1.2 million Powerball ticket sold in Southern California KTLA Los Angeles
Want the full story? Read the original reporting
Read on KCRA Sacramento