Powerball players in Missouri and Texas won the estimated $1.8 billion jackpot on Saturday, overcoming astronomical odds to end the lottery game's three-month drought without a big winner.

Lottery officials said one of the winning tickets was sold in Fredericksburg, about 68 miles north of San Antonio, after a winner purchased the ticket from a gas station along Highway 290.

Powerball says that winner will have to split the jackpot because another winning ticket was sold in Missouri. Winners can choose a lump sum worth approximately $ 410 million each before taxes.

The winning numbers were 11, 23, 44, 61, and 62, with the Powerball number being 17.

In addition to the jackpot winners, two people won the Match 5 + Power Play, winning $2 million by matching all five white balls drawn but

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