Two lottery winners pull in a total of $1 billion in US

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Some lucky person in New Hampshire has won $560 million in a Powerball lottery, officials said yesterday, just two days after someone in Florida won a cool $450 million, helping push the weekend's total past $1 billion for the first time in US history.

The winning ticket in New Hampshire was sold at Reeds Ferry Market in Merrimack, a city of 25,000, state lottery officials said. The identity of the winner was not revealed.

The $560 million prize, the sixth-largest Powerball jackpot ever, came a year and a half after another New Hampshire player cashed in a $487 million Powerball ticket. The winning Mega Millions ticket in Florida was purchased at a convenience store in Port Richey.

The $450 million payout was the fourth-largest jackpot ever in that lottery. That winner, too, was not identified.

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