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$1 million Powerball ticket sold in Colorado as jackpot grows

Saturday’s jackpot jumped to $1.7 billion, the third largest Powerball prize on record

Lauren Penington of Denver Post portrait in Denver on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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Four winning tickets were sold in Colorado for Wednesday night’s $1.4 billion Powerball drawing, but none took home the jackpot, according to state lottery officials.

The winning Colorado lottery tickets ranged in value from $50,000 to $ 1 million, according to a news release from the Colorado Lottery.

Lottery officials said the $1 million ticket was sold at a Safeway gas station in Peyton, a town in El Paso County.

A ticket worth $100,000 was sold at a King Soopers in Arvada, and tickets worth $50,000 were sold at a Harts Gas & Food in Estes Park and a King Soopers in Castle Rock, according to the release.

Two other winning tickets, neither of which took the jackpot, were sold in Colorado for Monday’s drawing, . One worth $2 million was sold in Parker, and one worth $150,000 was sold in Colorado Springs.

Without any jackpot winners, Saturday’s Powerball drawing has jumped to an estimated $1.7 billion — the third-largest in the game’s history, according to . There have been more than 40 consecutive drawings without anyone matching all six numbers, and no one has won the grand prize since May 31.

The Powerball jackpot reached $2.04 billion in May 2023 and $1.72 billion in April 2024.

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