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New York Post reports Powerball jackpot won by New Jersey ticket holder at $847M

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The New York Post reports that a Powerball ticket holder in New Jersey won the $847 million jackpot in Wednesday night’s drawing, ending a two-month drought, and that the winner can take a one-time cash sum of $363.1 million. Before the drawing, NewsNation, CNN and Scripps News reported an estimated $835 million jackpot, the game’s second largest prize of the year behind a $1.04 billion prize won in Illinois in August. The Post says the winner is unidentified, and no other supplied outlet has reported the result.

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What happened

Key points

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  1. The Post reports that a ticket holder in New Jersey won the $847 million jackpot in Wednesday night’s drawing, ending a two-month drought.

    One outletNew York Post· Right

  2. The Post reports the winner can take a one-time cash sum of $363.1 million instead of the jackpot.

    One outletNew York Post· Right

  3. Before the drawing, the jackpot was estimated at $835 million.

    Reported byLeft1Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    CNN
    Center
    NewsNation, Scripps News

  4. A $1.04 billion Powerball prize was won in Illinois in August, the largest of the year before this drawing.

    Reported byLeft1Center1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    CNN
    Center
    Scripps News
    Right
    New York Post

  5. The odds of hitting the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338.

    One outletNew York Post· Right

How each side tells it

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All three sides’ supplied coverage concerns a Powerball jackpot of about $835 million to $847 million. The left and center pieces were written before the Wednesday drawing and focus on the jackpot’s size, while the right piece reports a New Jersey winner and the cash option.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    CNN’s pre-draw headline ranks the estimated $835 million jackpot among Powerball’s top prizes, framing the drawing around its size before any result.

    At $835 million, tonight’s Powerball is among the top 10 jackpots in the game’s history
    CNNLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    2 outlets

    NewsNation and Scripps News headlines present the pre-draw $835 million jackpot as one of the largest ever, with Scripps’ version reported from the CNN article.

    Tonight’s Powerball jackpot is one of the largest ever at $835M
    NewsNationCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    1 outlet

    The New York Post headline states as fact that a New Jersey ticket holder wins the $847 million jackpot, with no attribution, and this is the only right-side coverage supplied.

    Powerball ticket holder in New Jersey wins $847 million jackpot
    New York PostRightAll right-leaning headlines

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What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

  • jackpot size ranking
  • $835 million estimate
  • lump-sum option of $357.9 million
  • international player expansion

Leaves out

  • the New Jersey win reported after the drawing

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • CNNLeft

    At $835 million, tonight’s Powerball is among the top 10 jackpots in the game’s history

    A lucky player could win an estimated $835 million in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing and secure the game’s second largest prize of the year. Wednesday’s grand prize, which could also be paid in the United States as a one lump-sum payment of $357.9 million before taxes, trails the …

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    Also published by Scripps News. It counts once.

From the center

2 outlets

Leads with

  • estimated $835M jackpot
  • one of the largest ever
  • tonight’s drawing

Leaves out

  • the New Jersey win reported after the drawing

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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From the right

1 outlet

Leads with

  • $847 million jackpot
  • New Jersey ticket holder
  • ending a two-month drought
  • odds of 1 in 292 million

Leaves out

  • the pre-draw $835 million estimate

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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The stories you read build My Mix, a private picture of which sides cover the stories you choose, kept on this device. What is My Mix?

The left is Far Left and Left together. The right is Right and Far Right together. Every outlet keeps its own five-point rating.

Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    First to report

    CNN, Nov 4, 3:00 AM EST

  • Center

    6 hr 20 min later

    Its first report, Nov 4, 9:20 AM EST

  • Right

    21 hr 10 min later

    Its first report, Nov 5, 12:10 AM EST

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  1. CNNLeftNov 4, 3:00 AM EST
  2. NewsNationCenterNov 4, 9:20 AM EST
  3. Scripps NewsCenterNov 4, 6:30 PM EST
  4. New York PostRightNov 5, 12:10 AM EST

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