The victor of one of two big prizes in North Dakota purchased the ticket at Hugo’s in Grafton, the North Dakota Lottery Commission said today.
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Lottery officials said they reveal the cities where these tickets were sold Thursday.
“I’m really happy”, an employee of the store said.
Officials with the Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs the Powerball game, said they expected more than 85 percent of the possible number combinations would have been bought for the drawing.
The winning ticket sold in the Los Angeles suburb of Chino Hills was confirmed by Powerball on Twitter.
The odds of winning Wednesday’s drawing were one in 292 million, which shows you are more likely to become a movie star or the President of the United States.
A Tennessee Lottery player who purchased a Powerball ticket in Munford in Tipton County will share the historic, world record-breaking jackpot of $1.58 BILLION with a victor in California and a victor Florida, after the drawing held Wednesday, January 13.
The ticket – one of three winning tickets that will share in the $1.6 billion jackpot – was sold at a Publix grocery store in coastal Florida.
The victor of the $1.5 billion has still not been identified as they have not come forward to claim their prize. A “Power Play” option that multiplies non-jackpot prizes by up to five times may be added to any Powerball play for only $1.
The Tennessee victor has 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim the prize. Tennessee lottery officials drove from Nashville to Munford on Thursday to present the store’s owners with a $25,000 check. “I’m excited for the state of Tennessee”.
This is the second Powerball jackpot victor in Tennessee in a row.
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Sales for this jackpot generated almost $115 million since November for education in Florida, which uses the lottery to provide 6 percent of the education budget, Florida Lottery Secretary Tom Delacenserie said. “Everyone was paying $200, $300, $400” for Powerball tickets. If you’re still wanting to try your luck during the next round, you could win a comparatively paltry $40 million jackpot. The association oversees the Powerball Lottery, but management rotates annually among member states.
