The odds of hitting the Powerball jackpot are more than 292 million to 1. A player who buys a $2 ticket has about a 1 in 11,688,053 chance to match five numbers but not the Powerball and win a second-prize of at least $1 million. The odds of winning a third prize of at least $50,000 are 913,129 to 1.

A lottery player from North Jersey won $50,000 playing the Powerball. The winning ticket was sold at The Rivermart on River Road in Edgewater. A lottery player from North Jersey won $50,000 playing the Powerball. The New Jersey Lottery announced Tuesday that one Bergen County ticket in Monday night's Powerball drawing won $50,0000.