Before the Powerball® jackpot rolled to a$478 million annuity value for Saturday, July 30, a winning Powerball ticket worth $1 million from the Wednesday, July 27, drawing was sold at Shop ‘N Save, 5001 Library Road, Bethel Park, Allegheny County.
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The largest lottery prize offered in North America was awarded earlier this year, when three Powerball winners split a jackpot of almost $1.6 billion.
Over the years, Kansas players have captured 11 Powerball jackpots, 8 Lotto America jackpots, 1 Mega Millions jackpot and 7 Hot Lotto jackpots. And in January, the Island had a runner-up who won $50,000 in the Powerball drawing.
The three tickets matched four white balls and the Powerball.
A new app, called AutoLotto, is the first that will let people buy Powerball tickets on their smartphones.
Players should check every ticket, every time, and immediately sign winning tickets.
[Photo by Mel Evans/AP Images]Seeing the stories of previous Powerball winners – such as Tracy Angela Smith and her brother Steven Elliot Smith, pictured above – encourages others to try their hands at becoming Powerball winners, as well. Federal taxes on the prize would be about $82.65 million and state taxes would be approximately $16.53 million.
The Powerball game is based on lottery tickets sold for $2 apiece. That’s the fifth largest Powerball prize of all time, and it’s number eight on the list of biggest lottery prizes in USA history.
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