Arizona lottery ticket worth $1.4M after recent drawing | Arizona News

PIMA COUNTY, Ariz. (KPNX) — A lottery ticket purchased in southern Arizona is now worth over $1 million after Thursday’s drawing.

The Arizona Lottery said a Triple Twist ticket purchased from the Walmart on Nogales Highway in Green Valley, located south of Tucson, has produced a jackpot worth $1.4 million.

The most recent winning numbers for Triple Twist are 2, 5, 13, 16, 21 and 22. The Triple Twist game is only offered in Arizona and involves picking six numbers between 1 and 42 for a chance to win a jackpot starting at $200,000.

Another million-dollar jackpot was reported in the Valley earlier this week.

What is the Valley?:

“The Valley” is what locals call the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is considered the largest metropolitan area in the Southwest.

The Valley is made up of various major cities other than Phoenix, including:

• Mesa
• Chandler
• Scottsdale
• Tempe
• Glendale
• Surprise
• Peoria
• Gilbert
• El Mirage
• Avondale
• Litchfield Park
• Goodyear
• Buckeye

Whether a city is in the “East Valley” or “West Valley” depends on where it is in relation to Phoenix.

The cities of the Valley have a combined population of 4,845,832 people, according to the 2020 United States Census. This makes it the 11th largest metropolitan area in the country right behind the Boston and Atlanta areas.

How big is Maricopa County?

Maricopa County is the United States’ 4th largest county in terms of population with 4,485,414 people, according to the 2020 Census.

The county contains around 63% of Arizona’s population and is 9,224 square miles. That makes the county larger than seven U.S. states (Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire).

One of the largest park systems in the nation is also located in Maricopa County. The county has an estimated 120,000 acres of open space parks that includes hundreds of miles of trails, nature centers and campgrounds.

The county’s seat is located in Phoenix, which is also the state capital and the census-designated 5th most populous city in the United States.

The county was named after the Maricopa, or Piipaash, Native American Tribe.