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Three Win $1.6B Powerball Jackpot

LUCKY!

Tickets sold in California, Florida, Tennessee.

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Powerball officials said Thursday morning that three winning tickets were sold for the $1.6 billion jackpot, which will be split three ways. California Lottery officials announced a winning ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven in Chino Hills, located just east of Los Angeles. Hundreds of people gathered in the store's parking lot to cheer their unknown neighbor’s odds-defying fortune. In Tennessee, lottery officials say a winning ticket was sold in the northern Memphis suburb of Munford. No details were available about Florida’s winner. Results from other states are still pending. The winning numbers were: 4, 8, 19. 27, 34, with a Powerball of 10. The multiplier was 2X.

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