Lottery players are flooding stores in Georgia to purchase Powerball tickets for Wednesday night's drawing for a record $500 million jackpot. (AP)Lottery players are flocking to stores in Georgia to purchase tickets for Wednesday night's drawing of the record $550 million Powerball jackpot.
An official at the office of the Georgia Lottery released Wednesday's ticket sales numbers from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. (EST), showing a whopping $10,538,110 worth of tickets sold. In just one hour, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., the Georgia Lottery reportedly sold $1,775,930 worth of tickets.
Check out the numbers:
| Time (EST) |
Sales |
|
5a-6a
|
$43,236
|
|
6a-7a
|
$147,285
|
|
7a-8a
|
$278,991
|
|
8a-9a
|
$368,130
|
|
9a-10a
|
$410,509
|
|
10a-11a
|
$496,867
|
|
11a-noon
|
$630,926
|
|
noon-1p
|
$780,754
|
|
1p-2p
|
$840,632
|
|
2p-3p
|
$885,553
|
|
3p-4p
|
$1,018,563
|
| 4p-5p |
$1,243,272 |
| 5p-6p |
$1,617,462 |
| 6p-7p |
$1,775,930 |
|
TOTAL
|
$10,538,110
|
Lottery officials reported on Wednesday morning that a $49 million winning lottery ticket had been sold in south Georgia.
