The estimated Powerball jackpot remains at $1.5 billion, but if no one wins Wednesday, it will climb to $2 billion, according to a lottery official. The winning Florida ticket was sold at a Publix grocery store in Melborne Beach.
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California Lottery Association spokesman Alex Travesta confirmed that the top prize will be shared at least three ways, with other winning tickets purchased in Florida and Tennessee.
California State Lottery reported Thursday via their official Twitter account that a “jackpot-winning ticket” was sold in Chino Hills, a suburb the Californian city.
None of the winners have come forward yet.
The winning numbers in Wednesday night’s drawing are 4-8-19-27-34 and Powerball 10.
The top lottery official in Tennessee is on the way to the town where one of three winning tickets for the world-record Powerball jackpot was sold. Before Wednesday’s drawing, the last victor was in November, when a Tennessee ticket holder claimed $144.1 million. We’re still awaiting results from other states. 1 of 12 tickets in California with 5 of 6 winning Powerball numbers sold in PacoimaThe final total for the jackpot was $1,586,400,000 with a cash value of $983,500,000, according to the Texas Lottery. The identities of the winners were not yet official, but this ticket buyer posted his picture on Twitter.
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.
We have a victor in California!
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The almost $1.6-billion jackpot, the largest lottery prize of all time, is more than double the previous U.S. jackpot record of $656 million.
