A single ticket offered in California received Wednesday night time’s gargantuan $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot, the second-biggest in U.S. lottery historical past, Powerball officers say. Late ticket gross sales despatched the grand prize previous its earlier estimated $1.73 billion.
The largest jackpot in each Powerball and U.S. lottery historical past was $2.04 billion, which was received in November 2022 by a person within the Los Angeles space.
Wednesday night time’s numbers had been white balls 22, 24, 40, 52, 64 and pink Powerball 10.
The successful ducat was bought at Halfway Market & Liquor in Frazier Park, Calif., some 75 miles north of Los Angeles, Powerball officers reported.
The holder or holders of the successful ticket can have a alternative of a lump sum fee of $774.1 million earlier than taxes or an annuity with a right away fee adopted by 29 annual funds.
There hadn’t been any Powerball grand prize winners since a single ticket offered in Los Angeles claimed a $1.08 billion pot of gold on July 19. Wednesday night time’s drawing was the thirty sixth since then, lottery officers mentioned.
This marked the primary time in Powerball historical past that three back-to-back jackpots reached the billion-dollar mark, in keeping with Powerball officers.
The chances of successful the jackpot are one in 292.2 million.
Powerball tickets are $2 every. They’re offered in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings happen Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 11 p.m. EDT.
Billion-dollar lottery jackpots have turn into extra widespread lately as each Powerball and Mega Hundreds of thousands have raised ticket costs and lowered the chances of successful the jackpot. In accordance with The Washington Put up, Powerball lowered the chances of successful in 2015 from 1 in 175.2 million to the place it at the moment stands, at 1 in 292.2 million.
— further reporting by Brian Dakss
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