The Powerball lottery game finally has a new jackpot winner, after no one taking the grand prize home since July.
A very lucky lottery player in California won the $1.73 billion jackpot during Wednesday night's drawing, marking the first Powerball jackpot win in 36 drawings.
Although nobody in Massachusetts won that big, there were still a couple of tickets that surely made someone's day.
Two $50,000 tickets were sold in Massachusetts for Wednesday's drawing, according to the state lottery commission. Those tickets were sold at Waltham Fuel in Waltham, and Manomet Liquors in Plymouth.
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The winning numbers were: 22, 24, 40, 52, 64 and the Powerball 10. The winning ticket was sold at Midway Market & Liquor in Frazier Park, according to the California Lottery.
