“The lesson didn’t really go according to plan.” Math professor Nicholas Kapoor bought a Powerball ticket to demonstrate how improbable it is to win the lottery – and then he won $100,000. Here’s what he wants you to know about playing the Powerball.
Though no one won the $1.09 billion Powerball jackpot on Wednesday night, don't throw away your tickets just yet.
If you bought a ticket in New Jersey, double check your numbers. Someone there won $1 million by matching all five white numbers.
The winning numbers were -- 11, 38, 41, 62, and 65. They just missed winning the extra $1.08 billion by not getting the Powerball number -- 15.
It was purchased at Atco Deli on Jackson Road in Atco, Camden County, according to the NJ Lottery.
Nine tickets matched four of the five white balls and won $50,000. One of the locations purchased the Power Play option and multiplied the winning amount to $150,000.
- Monmouth County ($150,000): Speedy Mart, 1000 Main St., Bradley Beach;
- Gloucester County ($50,000): Wawa #961, 1700 Center Square Rd., Logan Township;
- Middlesex County ($50,000): Quick Buy, 1950 Route 27, Edison;
- Middlesex County ($50,000): Wawa #8366, 3222 Rt. 27, Kendall Park;
- Morris County ($50,000): Lukoil, 1039 Valley Rd., Stirling;
- Ocean County ($50,000): Hometown Market, 2225 Bridge Ave., Point Pleasant Boro;
- Passaic County ($50,000): Jackpocket, 355 Warwick Turnpike, Hewitt; and,
- Somerset County ($50,000): Food Market, 490 State Route 28, Bridgewater;
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Just last week, the winning $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot ticket was sold less than 100 miles away in Neptune Beach, New Jersey.
