A Powerball ticket worth $50,000 was sold for Wednesday’s lottery drawing at a liquor store in Middlesex County. The lucky Powerball winner bought the third-prize ticket at Buy Rite Wine & Liquor on Route 34 in Old Bridge, lottery officials said. The store has a Matawan mailing address. The ticket matched four numbers plus the Powerball.

A New York lottery player has claimed a $1 million second prize for matching the first five numbers in a Powerball drawing, according to lottery officials. Gregory Dawson of Greece, New York, matched the numbers on Aug. 10, with a ticket purchased at Speedway, located at 3860 W Ridge Rd. in Rochester, New York.

A Powerball player scored a $1 million prize — but didn’t tell his wife right away. Instead, the husband waited so he could share the good news on her birthday. “We’re still in shock,” Patrick Lash told the Virginia Lottery in a March 5 news release. “It feels great!”

A Powerball ticket sold in Washington won $100,000, just missing the $279 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched four of five winning numbers, the Powerball and the Power Play in the drawing Monday, March 3, the Washington Lottery said. A lottery official told McClatchy News the prize was $100,000 with the multiplier.

The Powerball jackpot rose to $279 million for Monday’s drawing after no one won the top prize on Saturday. If someone matches all six numbers, they can choose a one-time cash payment of $131.5 ...