A lucky lottery player in New York state recently scored $50,000 with a third-prize Powerball ticket. The New York Lottery announced the winning ticket for the Jan. 1 drawing matched four white balls and the red Powerball. It was sold at Myrtle Convenience Deli, located at 6815 Myrtle Ave., in Ridgewood, New York.

A lottery player in Union County matched four white balls and the Powerball. also hitting the multiplier, winning $150,000, in the Wednesday, Jan. 1, Powerball drawing,

A Powerball player kicked off the new year with a huge Powerball win in North Carolina. The player bought a ticket that matched all but one number picked in the Jan. 1 drawing, making it worth $1 million, results show. The winning numbers: white balls 6-12-28-35-66, with red Powerball 26.

The lottery jackpot was an estimated $145 million with a cash option of $65.7 million for Saturday night's drawing, according to the Powerball website. The jackpot was last won on Dec. 7 when a New York lottery player won a $256 million Powerball jackpot.

STANLY COUNTY, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Was it you? A lucky player in Stanly County kicked off the New Year with a $1 million Powerball win, NC Education Lottery officials announced. The winner bought the $2 ticket at the Friendly Mart on N.C. 24/27 West Bypass in Albemarle.

Several lucky Arizona lottery players won big in recent drawings, including two prizes worth $1 million or more on Triple Twist and Powerball games.

Two New Jersey lottery players started the new year off right by winning third-tier prizes in Wednesday's Powerball.

No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s drawing to $200 million. Two tickets were sold matching five numbers but not the Powerball Arizona and North Carolina.