Someone In California Just Won the $1.73 Billion Powerball Jackpot

Should you occur to be strolling round with a Powerball ticket that reads:

22, 24, 40, 52, 64 and the Powerball 10

You might be in your technique to turning into a really, very wealthy individual.

In keeping with Powerball, a single lottery ticket bought someplace in California matched all six numbers drawn Wednesday evening to win a jackpot value $1.765 billion, or a lump sum of $756.6 million earlier than taxes.

“Congratulations to the latest Powerball billionaire and the hundreds of thousands of Powerball gamers who received different money prizes in final evening’s drawing,” stated Drew Svitko, Powerball Product Group Chair and Pennsylvania Lottery Government Director.

Historic prize

The prize is the second-largest Powerball jackpot and U.S. lottery jackpot ever. The world report lottery jackpot was won by Edwin Castro on Nov. 7, 2022, additionally in California. Castro, who raked in a cool $2 billion, has gone on to purchase quite a few fancy properties throughout Los Angeles.

Earlier than Wednesday’s drawing, there have been 35 consecutive attracts with out somebody claiming a serious prize, a streak that began on July 19 when a participant in California received $1.08 billion.

What’s it about California and jackpots?

The fortunate ticket holder of the present prize definitely defied the chances, which Powerball says is 1 in 292.2 million.

About Powerball

Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Tickets are bought in 45 states, DC, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In keeping with Powerball, greater than half of all proceeds from the sale of a Powerball ticket stay within the jurisdiction the place the ticket was bought.

Tonight’s winner is not the one one celebrating. As a part of California Powerball guidelines, the retailer who sells the profitable ticket receives O.5% of the jackpot.

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