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UPDATE AUG 24, 1:20 P.M. Mavis Wanczyk has been announced as the winner of the Powerball jackpot. She said her coworker told her the numbers as the two were leaving work overnight.

Wanczyk said, during Thursday’s press conference that she wanted to retire in a few years, but her dream has come early. She works, or make that worked, at an area medical center.

UPDATE: AUG. 24 12:45 P.M. Lottery officials now know who won the $759 million jackpot. The announcement is being made now.

If you live in Massachusetts, check your Powerball numbers: You could be $759 million richer.

According to the Powerball website, one ticket sold in Massachusetts matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing for the second-largest Jackpot in Powerball history.

The winning numbers were 6, 7, 16, 23 and 26, and the Powerball number was 4.

Tickets sold in Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Virginia won a Match 5 Power Play prize of $2 million. Tickets sold in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia won the Match 5 prize of $1 million.