The game had risen to figures never seen because no one was lucky enough to match all five numbers and the extra “ball”, which is the icing on the cake.
The California Lottery Administration posted on your account Twitter that the ticket that matched all six numbers was sold at a Altadena.
There was 40 consecutive Powerball drawings without a winnerand this prize was particular, since the draw was supposed to take place on Monday night but a technical failure in one of the states forced it to be delayed until Tuesday, with which the jackpot increased, surpassing 2,000 million in just a few hours.
A particular form of payment
The full advertised prize amount is for winners who agree to receive their prize for 30 years, in an annual installment. That is, the total divided into 30 payments over three decades. That would be about $5.6 million per month or $188,000 per day for 360 months.
However, the winners usually choose the cash option. In this case, the cash prize would be reduced to less than half of the $2.04 billion. In any case, it would be $929 million cash.
Nobody had hit all six numbers and since August 3, when a cumulative of 206.9 million dollars came out in Pennsylvania.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball officials.
The Powerball is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, DC, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, and consists of choosing 5 numbers between 1 and 69, and then the Powerball, between 1 and 26. The winner is the one who hits all six numbers, something statistically very difficult.
Source: Ambito
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