Powerball player Missouri and Texas It won nearly $1.8 billion on Saturday, the second largest lottery prize in the United States.
They overcame the odds of astronomy to end the three-month drought without the national lottery champion.
The winning numbers are 11, 23, 44, 61 and 62, and the Powerball numbers are 17.
Winning vote Texas According to the Texas lottery, it is for sale at a gas station corporate store in Fredericksburg.
The $1.787 billion bonus is 41 consecutive drawings, with no one matching all six numbers. The last prize with the grand prize champion happened on May 31.
Powerball’s terrible odds are 292.2 million, designed to generate jackpots, and when no one wins, the prizes will increase. Lottery officials noted that the odds are much better for many smaller prizes in the game. There are three drawings per week.
Each ticket holder has the option to be between $893.5 million in annual discount prizes or a one-time payment of $410 million. Both prize options are pre-tax. If the winner chooses the annuity option, they will get an immediate payment immediately, and then add 29 annual payments annually, up 5% per year. Powerball tickets are priced at $2, and the game is available in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The biggest lottery jackpot of all time was $20.4 billion, and in November 2022, California resident Edwin Castro won the prize.
Castro later purchase A five-bedroom, six-bathroom mansion on the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, worth $25.5 million. He also successfully defended himself from a lawsuit in which the plaintiff claimed that he (not Castro) was the legal owner of the Historical Lottery.
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