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Who Won the Powerball?
Probably not anyone in Virginia. Winning tickets were sold in Minnesota and New Jersey.
Virginia Powerball players, don't quit your day job yet.
Three tickets - one in Minnesota and two in New Jersey - got all the Poweball numbers correct in Wednesday's $445 million drawing, the third-largest in Powerball history.
Sue Dooley, senior drawing manager production coordinator for the Multi-State Lottery Association, told USA Today late Wednesday night that three tickets matched all six jackpot numbers: 05, 25, 30, 58, 59 and Powerball 32.
After taxes, the three winners will split $258,163,064.
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In New Jersey, one of the winning tickets was bought at a Super Stop n Shop store in South Brunswick, and one at Acme Markets in Little Egg Harbor, N.J., lottery officials said.
There were no immediate details on the winning ticket in Minnesota, USA Today reported.
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