Powerball Created 23 Billionaires, 1 Billionaire in Monday’s Draw

Powerball has created 23 new millionaires and one lucky billionaire as the biggest lottery jackpot prize ever won this week.

A single ticket sold at Joe’s Service Station in Altadena, Calif. matched winning numbers 10, 33, 41, 47, and 56 to Powerball 10 to win a record-breaking $2.04 billion on Tuesday morning. I won the highest prize. I’m late for Monday’s draw.

The lottery featured 22 $1 million winners in 16 states, each matching all five numbers minus the Powerball. His one winner in Florida wins $2 million after he matches five numbers in the Powerplay Multiplier option.

Three $1 million tickets were sold in both California and New Jersey, and two winners were selected in both Florida and Missouri. $1 million per ticket sold in Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Washington .

In addition, 225 tickets worth $50,000 each will be sold nationwide, each matching 4 of the 5 numbers and Powerball. On Tuesday morning he had 42 tickets that each won $100,000 by matching the same numbers while playing the powerplay option drawn as 2X.

The small prizes included 21,430 tickets, each winning $100, with 4 out of 5 numbers matching no Powerball or 3 out of 5 numbers matching Powerball. An additional 4,445 tickets won $200 with the Power Play option.

Excluding the record-breaking jackpot, the 11,206,806 winning tickets will pay out a total of $98,148,413, according to lottery officials. According to the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), you have a 1 in 24.9 chance of winning the prize and a 1 in 292.2 million chance of winning the jackpot.

Launched in 1992 and operated by MUSL, Powerball is available in the 45 US states, plus Washington DC, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Tickets are $2 each, with a Power Play Multiplier option available for an additional $1.

California’s $2.04 billion winner has yet to receive his prize money as of Wednesday. The top prize became the largest ever jackpot in over 40 consecutive draws without a jackpot winner.

The big winner has the option to pay a lump sum cash payment of $997.6 million or the full $2.04 billion in annual installments over 29 years. They have up to one year to claim the prize.

Winners may wish to remain anonymous, but California law requires state lotteries to publicly disclose the names of winners. Her 11 states are the only ones that allow winner anonymity.

Earlier this year, Doris Donegan “Dee Dee” Moore, who is incarcerated for murdering $30 million lottery winner Abraham Lee Shakespeare in 2009, spoke out in support of a Florida law allowing anonymous winners. did.

Moore contacted him after Shakespeare hit the jackpot and offered to manage the prize money. After he agreed, she stole his money and shot him twice in the chest.

Newsweek MUSL has been contacted for comment.