Winning ticket drawn in New Jersey for $835 million Powerball jackpot
Verified: 3 outlets have reported this story since Nov 5.
A customer holds a number slip for Powerball lottery tickets in Hawthorne, California, on August 25, 2025. - Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images A lucky Powerball ticket in New Jersey has won an estimated $835 million after matching all six numbers in Wednesday’s drawing. The winning numbers were 15, 34, 41, 53, 56, and red Powerball 21, with a Power Play multiplier of 2x. The winner has the option to take a one-time payment of $357.9 million or an annuity paid out over 29 years. There were no winners for the $2 million and $1 million Match 5 prizes. Wednesday’s jackpot was the tenth-largest…
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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[Claude] The outlets differ: Both cover the same New Jersey Powerball jackpot win, but Report 1 gives $847 million while Report 2 gives $835 million for the same prize, so the figures conflict (they may reflect different estimate
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