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A winning summons for the grounds $2.04 billion Powerball lottery jackpot was sold successful Altadena, California, lottery officials said Tuesday, making the fortunate summons holder the victor of the largest lottery prize ever.
The summons was sold astatine a Joe’s Service Center, the California Lottery said connected Twitter. Results posted to Powerball.com likewise said determination was 1 victor who matched each six numbers successful California – the likelihood of which were 1 successful 292.2 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association.
The winning numbers, which were announced Tuesday greeting aft Monday night’s drafting was delayed, were 10-33-41-47-56 and the Powerball was 10, according to the association.
The jackpot was a grounds $1.9 cardinal but grew to $2.04 cardinal by the clip of the drawing, the relation said successful a statement, “making it the world’s largest lottery prize” – conscionable arsenic its organizers intended erstwhile they changed the likelihood successful 2015.
The announcement Tuesday came aft officials delayed the drafting Monday night, erstwhile 1 participating lottery needed much clip to process its income and play data, the Multi-State Lottery Association said in a statement, echoing an earlier statement by the California Lottery, which said 1 lottery needed further clip to implicit the indispensable information protocols.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Minnesota Lottery announced its income verification strategy caused a processing delay, prompting the postponement of the drawing.
“The hold was indispensable to corroborate the Powerball drafting could beryllium conducted securely and accurately,” the Minnesota Lottery merchandise said. “At nary clip was the integrity of the process compromised.”
All 48 participating lotteries are required to taxable their income and plays earlier the winning numbers tin beryllium selected, the Multi-State Lottery Association said successful a connection overnight. “Powerball has stringent information requirements to support the integrity of the crippled and remains committed to holding a drafting that gives each players a just accidental to win,” the relation said.
“Like the remainder of America, Powerball is anxious to clasp its drafting for the satellite grounds jackpot,” the relation said successful a follow-up connection Tuesday greeting earlier the drawing, “however, protecting the integrity of the gully is of upmost importance, adjacent if that means a further delay,” the connection aboriginal Tuesday said, urging players to clasp connected to their tickets.
“Thank you to our players for their patience,” it added. “We look guardant to drafting the winning numbers arsenic soon arsenic possible.”
There were nary winning tickets sold for Saturday’s drafting of an estimated $1.6 billion, already the highest lotto prize offered. The past Powerball jackpot was won connected August 3 successful Pennsylvania.
The largest Powerball jackpot ever won was successful January 2016, erstwhile 3 winners divided a prize advertised astatine $1.586 billion. Each took their stock of the currency value, which added up to $983.5 million.
Powerball draws instrumentality spot each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday astatine 10:59 p.m. ET.
Powerball is played by charging $2 per summons and having players take 5 achromatic balls betwixt the numbers 1 to 69 and a reddish Powerball from the numbers 1 to 26. If a subordinate gets each six numbers correct, they triumph the monolithic jackpot.
The likelihood of winning the jackpot by matching each 5 numbers and the Powerball fig are 1 successful 292.2 million.
Prior to 2015, though, the achromatic balls were numbered 1 to 59 and the Powerball was numbered 1 to 35. The alteration means that present gamblers person amended likelihood of winning tiny prizes but worse likelihood of winning the jackpot, making it much apt that the large fig volition turn to grounds sizes.
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