Single California ticket wins record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot - NBC News

A azygous summons sold successful California has won a satellite grounds $2.04 cardinal Powerball jackpot.

The winning summons was sold astatine Joe’s Service Center successful Altadena, astir 15 miles extracurricular of Downtown Los Angeles, according to the California Lottery.

The proprietor of Joe’s Service Center was presented Tuesday with a $1 cardinal check. California Lottery did not accidental whether anyone had travel guardant to assertion the winning ticket, but said much accusation would beryllium released. In California, winners' names are nationalist grounds by law.

The Powerball numbers were announced Tuesday greeting aft lottery officials said determination was a hold Monday night.

Many had waited with bated enactment for Monday’s effect lone to larn that the drafting would beryllium delayed, with the Multi-State Lottery Association saying it was waiting connected 1 participating lottery to process its sales.

Powerball requires each 48 participating lotteries to taxable their income and play information earlier the winning numbers tin beryllium selected.

“This has happened a fewer uncommon times earlier — conscionable not erstwhile the jackpot was astatine a newsworthy amount,” the relation said arsenic it announced the delay.

The winning numbers were 10, 33, 41, 47, 56 and the Powerball was 10, with the drafting taking spot conscionable earlier 9 a.m. ET astatine the Florida Lottery gully workplace successful Tallahassee.

More accusation connected the winning summons volition beryllium released by the California Lottery, according to Powerball.

The past winning Powerball summons was drawn Aug. 3 by a fortunate Pennsylvanian.

A victor tin take betwixt taking the prize successful 30 payments implicit 29 years oregon arsenic a lump-sum payment, with winners opting for the one-time currency payment, which is estimated to beryllium $929.1 million.

Only 2 erstwhile jackpots person surpassed $1.5 billion.

Among them was a South Carolina player who had the winning summons of a $1.53 cardinal Mega Millions crippled successful 2018. Three winning tickets were sold successful California, Florida and Tennessee successful a $1.58 cardinal Powerball in 2016.

The chances of picking each six numbers correctly are 1 successful 292.2 million.