After a months-long winnerless streak, two tickets purchased in Missouri and Texas won the second-highest Powerball jackpot ever , as well as the largest jackpots in their states, respectively.

"Congratulations to Missouri's latest Powerball jackpot winner!" Lester Elder, executive director of the Missouri Lottery, said in a news release , noting this is the 32nd time a Missouri ticket has won a Powerball jackpot prize.

The winners beat all the odds and were more likely to be eaten by a shark or struck by lightning than win the nearly $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot in last Saturday's drawing.

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