HYANNIS – Monday night’s Powerball drawing is now the largest jackpot in lottery history, with the prize at an estimated $1.9 billion.
The cash option is around $929 million.
The jackpot has passed the 2016 record amount of roughly $1.6 billion.
Six Massachusetts tickets matched four out of five numbers plus the Powerball from the Saturday, November 5 drawing, leading to $50,000 prizes.
Two of those tickets were purchased locally at the Mashpee Stop & Shop and the Buzzards Bay Speedway.
A ticket sold in Boxborough in the same drawing matched five numbers and won a $1 million.
As they have throughout the drawings for this jackpot, officials with the Massachusetts State Lottery are reminding customers to play responsibly and within their means.
Tickets can be purchased until 9:50pm on Monday, November 7.
By Brian Engles, CapeCod.com NewsCenter.
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