The winning million-dollar ticket was sold at Variedades Ecualatinas on Ferry Street in Newark in Essex County, the New Jersey Lottery announced. In addition, other lottery players in NJ won $150,444 in prizes ranging from $4 to $400.

No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery. One ticket was sold matching five numbers in New Jersey and is worth $1 million. The numbers drawn in Wednesday evening’s Powerball lottery were 1,

While playing Powerball can be thrilling, it’s important to note the odds: the chances of winning the jackpot are 292,201,338-to-1, and the odds of matching all five white balls are 11,688,053-to-1.

A New Jersey Lottery ticket sold in Newark matched five of the five white balls in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing, earning the $1 million second-tier

The Powerball jackpot has gone unclaimed since Aug. 19, when a California player won the $44 million grand prize, lottery officials said. To score a jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball.

The biggest winner was in Little Falls, where a player hit for $1.7 million on the Sept. 11 Jersey Cash 5. The ticket was bought at 7-Eleven.

A Powerball player just missed the $176 million jackpot — but still scored a big windfall in North Carolina. The player bought a ticket that matched all but one number picked in the Sept. 18 drawing,

The New York Lottery announced the winning ticket for the Sept. 18 drawing matched four white balls and the red Powerball. It was sold at Hartley Pharmacy, located at 1219 Amsterdam Ave., in Manhattan.