2 Kansas lottery players win $50K from Powerball prizes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Monday there were no Powerball Jackpot winners, but there were two lucky lower-tier winners from Kansas.
The two winners from Kansas won $50,000 each. There were 88 tickets sold across the United States that won $50,000 prizes.
One ticket was sold in northeast Kansas and the other was sold in the south central part of the state.
The Monday drawing produced more than 2.8 million winning tickets nationwide, with players winning lower-tier cash prizes worth a combined $41.7 million.
Since nobody won the Powerball jackpot Monday, the total has now reached $1 billion. This is only the third time the Powerball jackpot has reached $1 billion.
The next jackpot drawing is on Wednesday, July 19. The jackpot has an estimated cash value of $516.8 million.
Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Powerball drawings are every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. eastern.
Source: WDAF FOX4 Kansas City
