For the first time since the last leap year, a winning Powerball jackpot has been sold in City. The lucky winner of a ticket bought in Flushing, Queens, has snagged a $256 million prize,

A Powerball ticket sold in New York hit the $256 million jackpot, lottery officials said. The ticket matched five winning numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, Dec. 7, the national Powerball site said.

The ninth Powerball jackpot of the year has been won after a single ticket, sold in New York, matched all six winning numbers on Saturday. According to Powerball, the winning ticket — which had numbers 1,

Check your numbers for the Powerball jackpot, which is now worth an estimated $260 million for Saturday's drawing. Saturday's $260 million jackpot rose to $260 million after no one won Saturday night. But one lucky person could've taken $125.5 million home after taxes, according to the lottery.

The Powerball lottery jackpot was an estimated $260 million with a cash option of $125.5 million for Saturday night's drawing.

The Powerball winning numbers are in for the Saturday, Dec. 7 drawing with a jackpot that reached an estimated $256 million ($123.5 million cash value). The largest winning Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Michigan was worth $842.

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The player has the option to take either the annuitized prize of $256 million or a lump sum payment of $123.5 million. The win marks the ninth time the jackpot has been won this year and the first since a player in Georgia won in $478.

While someone in New York may have won the $256 million Powerball jackpot, a New Jersey lottery player hit for $50,000 in Saturday's drawing.