Powerball ticket sold in California wins record $2.04 billion jackpot - CBS News

2 years ago 42

Powerball $2.04 cardinal winning summons sold successful California, $1 cardinal victor successful Massachusetts

Powerball $2.04 cardinal winning summons sold successful California, $1 cardinal victor successful Massachusetts 01:52

Powerball announced Tuesday a azygous winning summons was sold successful California for a world-record $2.04 cardinal jackpot. The announcement came aft a lengthy delay in revealing the winning numbers.

The winning numbers are 10, 33, 41, 47 and 56 with a Powerball of 10. California lottery officials said connected Twitter the winning summons was sold astatine a work halfway successful the Los Angeles County assemblage of Altadena.

California Lottery makes its FIRST EVER Billionaire! One fortunate summons sold astatine Joe’s Service Center successful Altadena matched each 6 numbers successful the November 7 #Powerball draw. The last jackpot magnitude for this gully came to $2.04 BILLION dollars. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/9mSEAh18s1

— California Lottery (@calottery) November 8, 2022

"Congratulations, to the fortunate summons holder successful California and the millions of different Powerball players who won different prizes successful the drawing," Powerball Product Group Chair Drew Svitko said successful a statement. "On behalf of participating lotteries, I would similar to convey our players who joined america connected this historical jackpot run. A information of each Powerball summons purchased volition enactment successful your authorities to enactment your section communities."  

Winners person the enactment of collecting the expansive prize arsenic an annuity dispersed implicit 29 years oregon a one-time currency payment. The currency enactment was $997.6 million, according to the statement.

Nearly 2 twelve tickets came adjacent to the expansive prize. According to Powerball, 22 tickets won $1 cardinal by matching 5 numbers but not the Powerball. In Florida, 1 summons won an other $1 cardinal due to the fact that the subordinate bought the Power Play option.

The odds of winning it each are 1 successful 292.2 million.

The latest numbers were expected to beryllium revealed Monday nighttime but the announcement was delayed until Tuesday morning. In a statement, Powerball officials said the drafting was delayed due to the fact that 1 unidentified lottery wasn't capable to "process its income and play data."

Until Tuesday, the jackpot had eluded players since Aug. 3. It surpassed the erstwhile world-record expansive prize of $1.586 cardinal successful the run-up to Saturday's drawing, which had a jackpot of $1.6 billion.

When nary 1 won implicit the weekend, the jackpot swelled to an estimated $1.9 billion starring up to Monday night. Officials said Tuesday the expansive prize for the latest drafting turned retired to beryllium $2.04 billion.

Editor's Note: An earlier mentation of this communicative misattributed a study from Powerball.net that determination was was nary jackpot victor to Powerball. The communicative has been corrected.

Alex Sundby

Alex Sundby is simply a elder exertion for CBSNews.com

Thanks for speechmaking CBS NEWS.

Create your escaped relationship oregon log successful
for much features.

Please participate email code to continue

Please participate valid email code to continue

Read Entire Article