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Residents of the Garden State, check your Powerball tickets as the sole winning ticket for the ninth-largest Powerball jackpot in history was sold in New Jersey. Powerball officials announced overnight that a single ticket that was sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in Wednesday night s drawing to win an $847 million prize. The winning numbers were white balls 15, 34, 41, 53, 56 and red Powerball 21. The Power Play multiplier was two. Officials said the lucky winner could choose between an annuitized prize of $847 million and a lump-sum payment of $363.1 million. If the winner selects the annuity option, they will receive the prize in 30 payments over 29 years. The latest jackpot win comes less than three months after a ticket in Illinois won a $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot on Aug. 12, 2026. Together, the back-to-back jackpots rank as the 8th- and 9th-largest prizes in Powerball history, officials said in a statement. “Back-to-back jackpot runs resul