After a months-long winnerless streak, two tickets purchased in Missouri and Texas won the second-highest Powerball jackpot ever.

"Congratulations to our newest Powerball jackpot winners and the Missouri Lottery and Texas Lottery for selling the winning tickets," Matt Strawn, the Powerball Product Group Chair and Iowa Lottery CEO, said in a statement . "Each $2 ticket sold during this Powerball jackpot run gave players a chance at the prize, while also supporting vital public programs and services in their communities — and that’s worth celebrating!"

The winners beat all the odds and were more likely to be eaten by a shark or struck by lightning than win the Powerball jackpot that was worth $1.787 billion during the Saturday, Sept. 6, Powerball drawing.

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