The Brief
LOS ANGELES - As the nation awaits the winner of the now-$1.7 billion Powerball lottery jackpot , someone in California may be $980,000 richer.
What we know:
According to California Lottery's website on Wednesday night, two tickets worth $984,594 were sold within the state. One ticket was sold at an Albertsons on Highway 58 in Bakersfield while the second ticket worth the same amount was sold at a State Bros grocery store on Arlington Avenue in Riverside.
This comes as a drawing was held for the then-jackpot of $1.4 billion. Below were the winning numbers for the Sept. 3 drawing – which apparently no one got all six numbers:
3, 16, 29, 61, 69. PB: 22
The drawing for the grand ol' $1.7 billion jackpot will be held on Saturday, September 6 at 8 p.m. PT.
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