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No one won the $90 million Powerball jackpot but someone did win the million dollar prize, matching all five numbers. And the winning ticket was sold in New York. Was it you?

The Electric City is twice lucky! One Schenectady store claims two winning tickets from the Powerball drawing on Monday, June 20th.

When it comes to games of chance, percentages and odds always play out. That is why most casinos don't go out of business. And the ones that do, have something wrong with their numbers. Take that as you may. So when one upstate New York lottery dealer sells 3 multi-state Powerball winning tickets in less than two months, something is going right. The numbers appear to be playing out well at a New York Lottery dealer in the town of Fishkill, New York.

It seems lately that if you live in the Capital Region and win the lottery it's usually a Take 5 drawing. Now it seems that someone got a piece of the Powerball jackpot winning fifty thousand dollars. The ticket was sold at a Cumberland Farms convenience store in Warren County.

This is beyond amazing and I made sure to read the headline multiple times because this is not the kind of thing you want to mess up.  According to the New York Lottery, a ticket was sold in Saratoga County for Wednesday's Powerball lottery and the jackpot is a whopping $94.8 million.

A Powerball jackpot of $768.4 was won last month by a twenty four year old man in Wisconsin. Although there was only one winner of the top prize, there was also one winner in New York state of one million dollars.

We all dream of winning the big lottery jackpot and talk about what we would spend all of that money on. We say we would pay off debt, travel the world and help out those in need. So I decided to ask what my 8 year old son, Ryan, would spend the jackpot on. Here's what he said.

Did you buy a Powerball ticket in East Greenbush yesterday? If so, make sure you check your numbers!

You may hear the buzz about Powerball and Mega Millions and feel inclined to play especially now that the jackpots have reached half a BILLION each. I hate to break it to you, but you're not going to win.  Here are 13 freaky things (some good,some bad) that are way more likely to happen to you than waking up over the weekend finding out that you're filthy stinking rich.

Last night's winning numbers were 6, 7, 16, 23 and 26. Powerball is 4.   The winning ticket was sold at the Pride Station and Store in Chicopee, Massachusetts, though the winner hasn't yet been identified.  One winner gets 750 million dollars, and since there were no other winning tickets, it's the largest single jackpot in history.  Sad thing is, it could have just as easily been me or you. Here'

The Powerball and Megamillions jackpots are both over $300 million dollars. If you hardly ever play the lottery, play it a lot or you wait until the jackpots are high, these are some tips in how to pick the winning numbers. First and foremost, the majority of winners and even mathematicians (some of them multiple lottery winners) say not to let the computer pick the numbers for you...

I don't really gamble. Aside from spending $20 on slots once or twice a year and a few scratch-offs, I don't do it. Well, unless this happens.