California Lottery officials confirmed that the winning six numbers had been purchased at a convenience store outside Los Angeles, as well as at locations in Florida and Tennessee.
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The winning numbers for Wednesday’s drawing are 4-8-19-27-34 and Powerball 10.
A news release from Tennessee lottery officials says the state also has a ticket that won $2 million.
At least three winning tickets were sold in a record $1.6 billion Powerball drawing, including one in Florida, one in Tennessee and one in suburban Los Angeles, a California lottery official said.
Powerball players spent an estimated $2.6 billion on tickets since the last jackpot was claimed in November. More winners could still be revealed early Thursday.
(AP Photo/LM Otero). Traffic moves slowly past a sign advertising the jackpot for the Powerball lottery in downtown Dallas, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016.
Three people won the enormous Powerball jackpot Wednesday night. The winners will be able to select payments made over 30 years, or take a smaller, up-front lump sum. The winning Florida ticket was sold at a Publix grocery store in Melbourne Beach. Some of the biggest Powerball sales have come from cities bordering states that don’t sell the tickets, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association.
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The prospect of a huge payout sparked a ticket-buying frenzy that was expected to reach a rate of US$1.3 million per minute during the evening commuter rush hour, Gary Grief, executive director of the Texas lottery, told a news conference.
