Powerball announced Tuesday a single profitable ticket was sold in California for a world-record $2.04 billion jackpot. The announcement got here after a prolonged delay in revealing the profitable numbers.
The profitable numbers are 10, 33, 41, 47 and 56 with a Powerball of 10. California lottery officers said on Twitter the profitable ticket was sold at a service middle in the Los Angeles County group of Altadena.
“Congratulations, to the lucky ticket holder in California and the millions of other Powerball players who won other prizes in the drawing,” Powerball Product Group Chair Drew Svitko mentioned in a press release. “On behalf of participating lotteries, I would like to thank our players who joined us on this historic jackpot run. A portion of every Powerball ticket purchased will stay in your state to support your local communities.” Â
Winners have the choice of amassing the grand prize as an annuity unfold over 29 years or a one-time money cost. The money possibility was $997.6 million, based on the assertion.
Nearly two dozen tickets got here near the grand prize. According to Powerball, 22 tickets gained $1 million by matching 5 numbers however not the Powerball. In Florida, one ticket gained an additional $1 million as a result of the participant purchased the Power Play possibility.
The odds of winning all of it are 1 in 292.2 million.
The newest numbers had been speculated to be revealed Monday evening however the announcement was delayed till Tuesday morning. In a statement, Powerball officers mentioned the drawing was delayed as a result of one unidentified lottery wasn’t capable of “process its sales and play data.”
Until Tuesday, the jackpot had eluded gamers since Aug. 3. It surpassed the earlier world-record grand prize of $1.586 billion in the run-up to Saturday’s drawing, which had a jackpot of $1.6 billion.
When nobody gained over the weekend, the jackpot swelled to an estimated $1.9 billion main as much as Monday evening. Officials mentioned Tuesday the grand prize for the newest drawing turned out to be $2.04 billion.
Editor’s Note: An earlier model of this story misattributed a report from Powerball.web that there was was no jackpot winner to Powerball. The story has been corrected.