Multiple Arizona Lottery winners scored big payouts, including a $250,000 Triple Twist jackpot, two $100,000 Powerball prizes, and several $50,000 Powerball wins. The largest prize was a $250,000 Triple Twist ticket sold in Phoenix, while the Powerball jackpot for the next drawing is estimated at $1.1 billion.
ARIZONA NEWS BY SERENA O'SULLIVAN KTAR News Reporter and Editor PHOENIX Multiple Arizona Lottery winners will have plenty of extra cash for holiday shopping after scoring big-money payouts including one for 250 000. The largest of the wins a cool quarter-million came from a Triple Twist ticket sold at the QuikTrip at Southern and 19th avenues in Phoenix. Triple Twist is a daily game offered by Arizona Lottery where players select six numbers between 1 and 42 after purchasing a ticket for 2. Each jackpot starts at 200 000 and the odds of selecting a winning ticket are roughly 1 in 5.2 million. Two Powerball players took home the second-highest winnings of the weekend after Saturdays drawings. Their tickets matched four of the five winning numbers 1 28 31 57 and 58 plus the red Powerball of 16. That combination is good for 50 000 but both players included the Power Play option which wound up doubling their payouts to 100 000 each. The winners purchased their tickets at a Circle K in Tucson and at the Frys at Ellsworth and Riggs roads in Queen Creek. The jackpot for the next Powerball drawing is estimated to be a cool 1.1 billion. The odds of winning the top prize are 1 in over 292 million. Winners have 180 days from the date of the drawings to claim their winnings. Three other Arizona Lottery winners all took home 50 000 payouts through the Powerball The seventh winner who took home the smallest pot of gold earned 40 000 from a Mega Millions ticket bought from a Bashas in Payson. Follow serenaeosully Have a story idea or tip? Pass it along to the KTAR News team here