Two New Jersey lottery players won $50,000 in Wednesday night's Powerball, according to the state's lottery announced on Friday. The tickets both matched four white balls and the Powerball to win the third-tier prizes. The winning tickets were sold at:

The odds of hitting the Powerball jackpot are 292,201,388 to 1. A player who buys a $2 ticket has about a 1 in 11,688,053 chance to match five numbers and win at least $1 million, while the odds are 913,129 to 1 to win a third prize of at least $50,000.

New Jersey Lottery players are eyeing massive prizes this weekend, with jackpots across several draw games reaching notable highs, including a