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Three Powerball tickets worth $50,000 each were purchased in New Jersey for Wednesday’s lottery drawing. The third-prize tickets matched four numbers plus the Powerball and were sold at the following locations: Wednesday’s winning numbers were: 15, 28, 57, 58 and 63. The Powerball number drawn was 23 with a Power Play of 2x.