Winning ticket sold for $ 699.8 million Powerball jackpot

A winning ticket was sold for Monday night’s gargantuan Powerball jackpot which continued to climb until it hit the $ 700 million mark – $ 699.8 million, to be precise. Lottery officials said the lucky purchase was made at an Albertsons in Morro Bay, a town on the coast halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco:

This outlet will get up to $ 1 million for the sale of the winning ticket.

It was not clear whether a person would get the entire jackpot once the purchase was verified, or if there were many parties involved in acquiring it in a pool.

The six numbers the ticket matched were white balls of 12, 22, 54, 66 and 69 and the Powerball number of 15.

It was the 5th biggest jackpot in the history of Powerball and the 7th biggest in the history of American lotteries.

Late ticket sales pushed it above previous estimates of $ 670 million.

It was kind of a story – the first Powerball jackpot won on a Monday night since authorities instituted a third weekly draw on August 23. Draws also take place on Wednesday and Saturday evenings.

He also entered the record books as he came in the 41st draw – the highest number without a big winner.

Powerball owns the world’s biggest jackpot brand, established in 2016 – a prize of $ 1,586 shared by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee.

The previous Powerball jackpot win came in the June 5, 2021 draw for $ 285.6 million. It was sold in Florida.

The last winning ticket holder (s) can get an annuity of approximately $ 699.8 million in 30 installments over 29 years or a lump sum cash payment of $ 496 million. Both are pre-tax.

Monday’s draw had more than 2.2 million winning tickets in total, with prizes ranging from $ 4 million to $ 2 million.

Five tickets were a million dollar winner – they tied the five white balls but missed the red Powerball number. They were sold in Arizona, Florida, Virginia and Massachusetts, which had two. A buyer in Tennessee matched the five white balls and doubled the price to $ 2 million by going for the Power Play feature. It cost an additional dollar.

Powerball tickets cost $ 2 per coin. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.

The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.