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While it wasn’t the billion-dollar Powerball jackpot, someone in Southern California woke up on Christmas with a lot more money than they had on Christmas Eve. The much-anticipated Powerball

A lucky Powerball ticket worth $2.8 million was sold at a 7-Eleven in the Inland Empire, prompting excitement and ticket checks across the area.

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More than 335,000 other tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $10 to $40,000 in the drawing, the lottery said.

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LOS ANGELES - A Powerball ticket worth more than $2.8 million was sold in California. According to California Lottery's website on Christmas Eve, a ticket worth $2,811,275 was sold at a 7-Eleven on Chino Hills Parkway in Chino Hills.