A single winning ticket has been sold in California for one of the largest Powerball jackpots ever, the lottery team said Wednesday night. With an estimated $1.08 billion, it is the sixth-largest jackpot in US history.
The winning numbers are: 7, 10, 11, 13, 24 and another 24 for the Powerball.
The winning ticket was sold at Las Palmitas Mini Market in Los Angeles, according to the California Lottery. This is the second time in eight months that a jackpot winning ticket worth more than a billion dollars has been sold in Los Angeles County; A man who bought a ticket in Altadena, California, won a $2.04 billion jackpot in November.
No one has won Powerball or its competitive lottery, Mega Millions, since mid-April, causing both jackpots to skyrocket to some of the highest amounts in recent weeks. Next Mega Millions drawing, for $720 million, is Friday.
Giant jackpots have become increasingly popular in multi-state Mega Millions and Powerball draws, due to game changes over the years and higher ticket prices.
Between the two lotteries, seven US jackpots have hit $1 billion or more since 2016, including four since the start of 2022.
Here are the 10 biggest US jackpots ever.
The largest lottery jackpot to date, a Powerball lottery, was won on November 7, 2022. Tickets were sold at Joe’s Service Center in Altadena, Calif., just north of Pasadena.
Lottery officials say the ticket holder is The State’s First Lottery Billionaire. On February 14, California Lottery officials announced that the winner’s name is Edwin Castro but did not disclose further biographical information at his request.
The second biggest jackpot, also the Powerball, is divided into three parts. Winning numbers drawn on January 13, 2016, matched tickets purchased in California, Florida and Tennessee.
“I think we can all live on $528 million, don’t you think?” Russ Lopez, a spokesman for the California Lottery, said at the time.
The biggest Mega Millions jackpot is the third-biggest jackpot overall, with the winning ticket drawn on October 23, 2018 in South Carolina.
It took a while for the award to be announced. March next year, an anonymous winner proceeded through an attorney, choosing to receive a lump sum cash of $877,784,124 instead of receiving payments over 30 years.
A single ticket holder in Maine won an estimated $1.35 billion in the Mega Millions draw on January 13, 2023. The winning ticket was sold at Hometown Gas & Grill in Lebanon, Maine, according to state lottery officials.
One lucky person in Illinois landed the winning Mega Millions ticket on July 29, 2022. After a few weeks, a winner emerged. Again, the winner’s identity remains unknown, as Illinois law allows big winners to keep their names and addresses secret in most cases.
6. 1.08 billion USD
Here are the estimated totals for the latest Powerball jackpot, No one has won since April 19. This is the third-biggest jackpot ever for that institution, following November 2022 and January 2016.
Little was known early Thursday about the identity of the winner, who purchased tickets in California.
Winners can choose to receive a one-time payment, about $558.1 million before taxes, Powerball said.
A group identified as Oakland County’s Wolverine FLL Club won a ticket worth more than $1 billion in the Mega Millions draw on January 22, 2021. Someone picked the numbers at a Kroger grocery store in Novi, a city of about 60,000 about 30 miles northwest of Detroit.
Manuel Franco of Wisconsin won a $768.4 million prize in the March 27, 2019 Powerball draw, which was enough for Mr. Quit work within two days after winning.
Wisconsin has no laws protecting the identities of lottery winners, which means Franco is forced to go public.
A 53-year-old Massachusetts healthcare worker became a millionaire when he won the Powerball on August 23, 2017. The winner, Mavis Wanczyk, chose to receive a one-time payment of $480.5 million. After taxes — 25 percent for the federal government and 5 percent for her state — she took home $336 million.
10. 754.6 million USD
After more than two months without a winner, the Powerball jackpot for February 6, 2023, reaching 754.6 million USD, equivalent to 407.2 USD when converted to cash. A single ticket was sold in Washington, lottery officials said, making it the fifth-largest and ninth-largest Powerball jackpots in US history.
Eduardo Medina, April Rubin And Mike Ives contribution report.
