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One Of Two Winning Powerball Tickets Sold In Mass.

BOSTON (CBS) --- Someone in Massachusetts is a whole lot richer.

The lottery says two tickets matched five numbers in last night's Powerball drawing and one of them, was sold in Massachusetts.

Normally, that prize would be $1 million but the Massachusetts buyer also chose the "power play" option, bumping the prize up to $2 million.
The winning numbers were  8-35-44-51-56 and powerball of 18.

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