One lucky Powerball player in Varysburg is holding a $150,000 winning ticket from Saturday’s drawing, lottery officials announced.

The $50,000 winning ticket matched four white winning numbers and the Powerball. Winners should sign the back of their tickets and keep them in a secure location.

Eleven players in New Jersey won $10,000 or more last week playing Powerball, Mega Millions and New Jersey Lottery games.

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At the same time, the overall odds of winning any prize will decrease from 1 in 37 to 1 in 35. With the change in overall odds, the game is expected to produce an additional 3 million prize winners each year, the lottery said in a news release. Another change to the game will be a guaranteed Power Play multiplier of "5" on match-5 Powerball prizes.

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A Powerball ticket worth $50,000 was sold at a Stop & Shop supermarket in Yonkers for the July 12 drawing, the New York Lottery announced