HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – A Powerball player in Hempstead won $50,000 in the October 8 drawing, the New York Lottery announced Thursday. The lucky ticket was sold at Double Diamond Food Mart, located at 196 Henry Street. It matched four white balls plus the red Power Ball, earning the game’s third-tier prize.

Multiple prize-winning Powerball-winning tickets for the Oct. 11 drawing were sold in the Capital Region over the weekend, according to the New York State Lotte

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The third-prize ticket was sold at Hansa Patel Newsstand, located at 988 Third Avenue in Manhattan. The winner matched four numbers plus the Powerball and opted for the Powerplay multiplier, boosting the prize to $100,000.

A New York City Powerball player got pretty lucky this week. A ticket worth $100,000 was sold at Hansa Patel Newsstand on Third Avenue in Manhattan. It was a third-prize-winning Powerball Powerplay ticket.

The New York Lottery today announced one second-prize-winning ticket was sold for the Sept. 29 Powerball drawing, making one lucky player a millionaire overnight. The $1 million ticket was sold at East Side Grocery, located at 1422 2nd Ave. in Manhattan, according to lottery officials.

The jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing has jumped to $1.8 billion. However, the windfall would significantly shrink after taxes.