Powerball jackpot winning ticket sold in Michigan: Numbers, drawing

What a way to ring in the New Year!

A lucky Powerball ticketholder in Michigan won the estimated $842 million jackpot Monday night, according to the lottery’s website.

The winning numbers were 12, 21, 42, 44, 49 with a red Powerball of 1.

The drawing marks the first time the Powerball jackpot was won in 2024 — and the first since Oct. 11 when a California ticketholder won the second-largest prize in the game’s history.

That ticketholder won a $1.76 billion prize at Midway Market & Liquors in Frazier Park, Calif., a convenience store located 75 miles north of Los Angeles.

The winner’s identity remains anonymous, but is believed to be a local who visits the store “religiously” to play the lottery, a store employee claimed.

The odds of winning Powerball’s grand prize is an astronomical 1 in 292,201,338.

California has been a hotbed for lottery jackpot winners.

The top four prizes have either been won or shared by a Powerball player in the Golden State, highlighted by Edwin Castro’s record-breaking win in 2022.

Castro has been living a life of luxury after scoring the $2.07 billion prize — then settling for the one-time lump-sum payment of $997.6 million.

He’s focused on building his real estate portfolio, purchasing three mansions in California totaling $76 million as well as luxurious vacations.

After winning, the 31-year-old Los Angeles resident “vanished” from social media and took some friends on vacation to Fiji for a few weeks