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In Maryland, lottery officials say that two $1 million winning tickets were sold, one at the Cross Keys Exxon on Falls Road in Baltimore City and in Calvert County at Giant on Solomons Island Road in Frederick.
A Fairfax County lottery player in Virginia also is in possession of a winning $1 million Powerball ticket that was purchased at 7-Eleven on Soapstone Drive in Reston.
The winning numbers on Wednesday, Nov. 2 were: 02-11-22-35-60 with a Powerball of 23.
With no one claiming the billion-dollar jackpot, it now swells up to approximately $1.5 billion for the next draw on Saturday, Nov. 5, approaching a record high. Drawings are held at 10:59 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
A grand prize winner would have the option of claiming a one-time lump sum payment of an estimated $745.9 million before taxes, according to lottery officials.
The odds of matching all six numbers to win the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338. The odds of winning any prize are 1 in 25.
Lottery winners have 180 days in Virginia and 182 days in Maryland to claim their prize.
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