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Winner! 1 lucky Powerball lottery ticket hits $842.4 million jackpot in New Year's Day drawing: See where the winning ticket was sold

The winning numbers in the Monday night drawing are 12, 21, 42, 44, 49 with Powerball number 1.
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CLEVELAND — We have a big lottery winner as one lucky ticket just hit the massive Powerball jackpot worth $842.4 million in the drawing held on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. Lottery officials say the winning ticket -- which is the fifth-largest prize in Powerball history -- was sold in Michigan.

"The lucky ticket holder will have the choice between an annuitized prize of $842.4 million or a lump sum payment of $425.2 million," Powerball officials explain. "Both prize options are before taxes. If the winner selects the annuity option, they will receive one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5 percent each year."

Other big winners include $2 million prizes in Florida and Texas with $1 million prizes sold in California, Connecticut, Florida and Maryland.

The top prize hit in Ohio is $50,000. Did you win anything? Here are the winning Powerball numbers for the Monday night drawing: 12, 21, 42, 44, 49 with Powerball number 1. The Power Play option was 3x.

Here's a list of prizes won throughout the Buckeye State...

  • $50,000 prize: 3 winners
  • $300 prize: 37 winners
  • $100 prize: 103 winners
  • $21 prize: 1,489 winners
  • $12 prize: 16,728 winners
  • $7 prize: 3,432 winners
  • $4 prize: 39,868 winners

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The Powerball jackpot now returns to its starting point of $20 million for the next drawing on Wednesday, Jan. 3 at 10:59 p.m. That prize carries a cash option worth $10.1 million.

Powerball lottery officials say the odds of hitting the jackpot are one in 292,201,338.00, which is slightly better than the Mega Millions odds of one in 302,575,350. The odds of hitting a $1 million winning ticket in Powerball, meanwhile, are one in 11,688,053.52.

Northeast Ohio had a big Powerball winner last year as one lucky ticket sold at a GetGo in Macedonia hit the jackpot worth $252.6 million during the April 19 drawing.

Are you feeling lucky? Ohio has recently seen some big winners in previous lottery drawings. Those winners include...

2023 LOTTERY WINNERS

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