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Powerball winners in Arizona, Missouri to split record $580M jackpot

Brad Abbott from Water Mill made his Powerball

Photo credit: Randee Daddona | Brad Abbott from Water Mill made his Powerball purchase at 7-11 in Riverhead. (Nov. 28, 2012)

Winning tickets in Wednesday's record $580 million jackpot were purchased in Arizona and Missouri, lottery officials said. An additional 8,924,123 players won smaller prizes.

A lottery official said late Wednesday that the jackpot increased to $579.9 million by the time of the drawing, making the cash option $379.8 million. That makes this Powerball, after 16 drawings with no winner, the second-largest...

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