Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Two lucky ticket holders in Missouri and Texas won the massive $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot after Saturday's drawing, lottery officials announced Sunday.
The winning numbers from Saturday's drawing were white balls 11, 23, 44, 61, 62, and red Powerball 17 with a Power Play multiplier of 2, the Multi-State Lottery Association said in a statement.
It was the second-largest prize since the game began in 1992 and will be split by the two ticket holders. The largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever was the world-record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot won in California on Nov. 7, 2022.
"Congratulations to our newest Powerball jackpot winners and the Missouri Lottery and Texas Lottery for selling the winning tickets," said Matt Strawn, Powerball Product Group Chair and chief executive of the Iowa Lottery.
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