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Powerball jackpot rolls to $1.5 billion, creates two Maryland millionaires

BALTIMORE, MD—The Powerball jackpot on Wednesday night rolled again to an estimated annuity value of $1.5 billion for Saturday’s drawing, and in the process it generated a wave of big winners in Maryland.

Although there was no jackpot winner, there were $1 million winning second-tier tickets sold in Calvert County and Baltimore City, along with three $100,000 third-tier winning tickets with Power Play and five $50,000 third-tier winning tickets. Powerball has nine prize tiers ranging from $4 up to the jackpot.

The winning numbers were 2, 11, 22, 35 and 60; the Powerball was 23 and the Power Play multiplier was x2. In all, Maryland retailers sold 151,613 winning tickets in the Nov. 2 drawing. The big winners were sold at:

  • $1 million — Cross Keys Exxon, 4434 Falls Road, Baltimore City
  • $1 million — Giant #146, 655 Solomons Island Road in Prince Frederick (Calvert County)
  • $100,000 — Sheetz #713, 10505 Sharpsburg Pike, Hagerstown (Washington County)
  • $100,000 — Steve’s Beer, Wine & Deli, 12132 Darnestown Road, Gaithersburg (Montgomery County)
  • $100,000 —Wawa #556, 12502 Ocean Gateway, Ocean City (Worcester County)
  • $50,000 — 3 Star Beer & Wine, 18524 Woodfield Road, Gaithersburg (Montgomery County)
  • $50,000 — 7-Eleven #19925, 14215 Jarrettsville Pike, Phoenix (Baltimore County)
  • $50,000 — 500 Fredric / Carroll Motor Fuels, 500 Frederick Road, Catonsville (Baltimore County)
  • $50,000 — Brentwood Liberty, 3730 Rhode Island Avenue, Brentwood (Prince George’s County)
  • $50,000 — Wawa #573, 10245 Kirksville Lane, Dunkirk (Calvert County)

This year, including these wins, the state has now sold two $2 million second-tier winning tickets with the Power Play option, five $1 million second-tier winning tickets, 70 third-tier winning tickets and four Double Play third-tier winning tickets.

The estimated $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot, which is the second-largest jackpot in Powerball history, has an estimated cash value of $745.9 million for the Saturday, November 5 drawing. The jackpot was last hit on August 3 in Pennsylvania. Since then, there have been 39 Powerball drawings in a row without a jackpot winner.

Maryland is home to three Powerball jackpot wins: $731.1 million in January 2021 (Lonaconing, Allegany County); $128.8 million in December 2011 (Elkton, Cecil County) and $108.8 million in September 2011 (Abingdon, Harford County).

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