Winning $1.33 billion Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Oregon
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The winning ticket of a $1.33 billion Powerball jackpot was bought in Oregon, Powerball announced, hours after the drawing was delayed.
The winning numbers were 22, 27, 44, 52, 69 and Powerball 9, with the Power Play multiplier 3x. Originally scheduled to be drawn at 10:59 p.m. Saturday, the Powerball numbers were drawn early Sunday morning due to a lottery needing time to process ticket sales and complete verification requirements, according to a statement from Powerball.
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By 6 a.m. Sunday, Powerball announced one ticket won the $1.33 billion jackpot, the fourth-largest jackpot in Powerball history. Seven players who matched five numbers each won $1 million, although no such tickets were bought in Ohio. More than 3.6 million people won at least $4.
This is the second time since 2022 that a drawing worth more than $1 billion has been delayed; in November 2022, a jackpot drawing worth $1.9 billion was delayed by 10 hours due to a similar reason.
Saturday’s drawing was the 41st since the game’s last winner – a $842.4 million jackpot won on Jan. 1. This marked a three-way tie for the number of drawings before a winner.
It is also the fourth Powerball jackpot in less than two years to reach $1 billion.
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The top ten Powerball jackpots are:
$2.04 billion – Nov. 7, 2022
$1.765 billion – Oct. 11, 2023
$1.586 billion – Jan. 13, 2016
$1.33 billion — April 6, 2024
$1.08 billion — July 19, 2023
$842.4 million – January 1, 2024
$768.4 million – March 27, 2019
$758.7 million – Aug. 23, 2017
$754.6 million – Feb. 6, 2023
$731.1 million – Jan. 20, 2021
None of those top ten jackpots was won in Ohio.
Winners have the option of being paid the full jackpot amount in annual payments over 30 years, or taking a lesser, one-time payment. Lottery officials said most winners choose the one-time payment. All winnings are pre-federal tax, and most states also collect taxes on lottery winnings.
Players must match five balls numbered 1 to 69 plus a Powerball numbered between 1 through 26 to win the jackpot.
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Powerball tickets are $2 per play and are sold in 45 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Players can opt to play the Power Play multiplier for an extra $1, which will multiply the player’s winnings by the drawn multiplier (this applies to all prizes except the jackpot and the $1 million prize, which tops out at $2 million).
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million; the odds of winning any one of the nine different prizes available is 1 in 24.9. Odds are not affected by the number of tickets sold; instead, they are based on the chances of selecting the right combination of numbers. Prizes start at $4 for matching either the Powerball or the Powerball and one other number.
Drawings are every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. The next Powerball drawing will be Monday — the day of the total solar eclipse — with an estimated jackpot of $20 million.
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