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The only winning ticket to the record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball lottery jackpot went on sale in Altadena, Calif., lottery officials said Tuesday, as lucky ticket owners win the biggest lottery prize in history. became a person.
Tickets were sold at Joe’s Service Center, California lottery said on TwitterResults posted to Powerball.com similarly stated that there was one winner in California who matched all six numbers. The odds were 1 in 292.2 million, according to the Multistate Lottery Association.
The winning numbers announced Tuesday morning were 10-33-41-47-56 and 10 for the Powerball, according to the association, after Monday night’s draw was postponed.
And while you may not have been a jackpot winner, the lottery encourages players to see if they may have won one of the other prizes. $98.1 million total (including his 22 tickets that won him $1 million by matching five white numbers, not Powerball).
The jackpot was a record $1.9 billion, but increased to $2.04 billion at the time of the draw, the association said in a statement, “making this the world’s largest lottery prize.”
In fact, the jackpot was so big that California lottery officials didn’t have proper signage. I taped a ‘B’ to a billboard that said ‘Made Here’ and read ‘Millionaires Made Here’ instead.
Carolyn Becker, spokesperson for the California Lottery, said the winner was not out yet, adding, “Someone is holding onto a very important piece of paper this morning.”
But the ticket became a millionaire. Gas station owner Joseph Chaheid was awarded $1 million for being the retailer who sold the winning tickets.
Chahayed, who came to the United States from Syria with his wife and two children in 1980, told reporters when he arrived at a gas station Tuesday morning that he found a California lottery official waiting for him. said.
“They said, ‘Congratulations, your station sent the winner,'” he said, adding that he hopes the winner lives nearby. We are glad that has benefited schools in California.
Winning announcement Tuesday came after officials delayed the drawing Monday night due to what the multistate lottery association called “technical problems.”
The association initially said overnight that the delay occurred because one participating lottery needed more time to process sales and play data. previous statement According to the California Lottery, one lottery required additional time to complete the required security protocols.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Minnesota Lottery announced that its sales verification system was causing processing delays, prompting the draw to be postponed.
“The delay was necessary to ensure the Powerball draw was conducted safely and accurately,” said the Minnesota Lottery release. “The integrity of the process was never compromised.”
All 48 participating lotteries are required to submit their sales and plays before selecting winning numbers, the Multistate Lottery Association said in a statement overnight. “Powerball has strict security requirements to protect the integrity of the game and remains committed to holding draws that give all players a fair chance to win,” the association said.
“Like the rest of America, Powerball is keen to draw a world-record jackpot,” the association said in a follow-up statement Tuesday morning before the draw. Even if that means further delays,” said a statement earlier Tuesday, urging players to hold on to their tickets.
According to the Multi-State Lottery Association, Tuesday’s jackpot was won in the 41st draw, making it the sixth Powerball jackpot in 2022. The last Powerball jackpot he won in Pennsylvania on August 3rd.
The biggest Powerball jackpot ever won was in January 2016, when the three winners split the advertised prize of $1.586 billion. Each took a share of the cash value, making him $983.5 million in total.
Powerball draws take place every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 PM ET.
Powerball charges $2 per ticket and is played by having the player select five white balls numbered 1-69 and a red Powerball numbered 1-26. If the player gets all 6 of his numbers correct, he wins the jackpot.
The odds of matching all five numbers with the Powerball number and winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
However, prior to 2015, white balls were numbered 1 to 59 and Powerballs were numbered 1 to 35. This change makes gamblers more likely to win small prizes, but less likely to win the jackpot, while large numbers grow to record sizes.
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