TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — After a technical issue delayed results for hours, lottery officials announced that the winning ticket for the world-record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot was sold in California.
While the jackpot winning ticket was not sold in Florida, lottery officials said the Sunshine State had its share of winning tickets.
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According to the Florida Lottery, 26 winning tickets worth between $50,000 to $2 million were from Florida.
Three tickets matched five of the numbers but did not match the Powerball number.
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One winning ticket worth $2 million was sold in Poinciana while two tickets worth $1 million were sold in Wellington and Deerfield Beach.
Officials said 23 tickets matched four numbers and the Powerball number.
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Four tickets worth $100,000 were sold in Leesburg, Fort Lauderdale, Naples, and Okeechobee.
The remaining 19 tickets worth $50,000 were sold in Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Lake, Lee, Marion, Miami-Dade, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pinellas, Sarasota Seminole, and St Johns counties.
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According to lottery officials, Florida is among the top-selling Powerball states in the country, with more than 114.5 million winning tickets totaling more than $3.5 billion in prizes, including 16 jackpot winners.
The next Powerball drawing will be Nov. 9 with an estimated jackpot of $20 million.
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