CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Money, money, money, money.

Three North Carolina lottery players are waking up $100,000 after Saturday night's massive Powerball drawing that finally saw two people claim the jackpot that had grown to $1.8 billion .

Two of the winning tickets were sold in Missouri and Texas. The winners will split the grand prize, which was the second-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. Only the $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot won in 2022 was bigger.

The winning numbers were: 11, 23, 44, 61, 62, red Powerball 17.

While they didn't hit the big one, four North Carolina players came close enough. According to the North Carolina Education Lottery , they matched four white-ball numbers and the red Powerball number, while having the 2x "Power Play" active, turning what would have

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