Two Powerball tickets worth $50,000 each were sold in New Jersey for Saturday’s drawing, lottery officials said.

One ticket was purchased at a ShopRite on St. George Avenue in Woodbridge. The other was bought at a Spartan Mart on Route 517 in Hackettstown.

Saturday’s winning numbers were: 11, 14, 34, 47 and 51 . The Powerball drawn was 18 , with a Power Play of 2X .

On Wednesday, a pair of Powerball tickets worth $50,000 were also sold in New Jersey.

More than 20 winning lottery tickets with prizes of $10,000 or more were purchased in New Jersey last week. The winnings totaled $2.7 million, lottery officials said.

Powerball drawings are held at 10:59 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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