Participant Wins Second-Largest Powerball Lottery in U.S. Historical past

One fortunate participant in California received Wednesday evening’s $1.7 billion Powerball lottery, the second-largest in U.S. historical past after final 12 months’s $2 billion winner. The announcement got here quickly after the numbers have been drawn. Profitable numbers have been 22, 24, 40, 52 and 64 with a Powerball of 10. The unidentified winner can have the selection between an annuitized prize value an estimated $1.765 billion or a lump sum cost of $774.1 million, in accordance with Powerball. “Congratulations to the latest Powerball billionaire and the tens of millions 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.