Someone just won the $1.3 billion jackpot

Reuters reports that the $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot has found a winner. The winning ticket was sold in the state of Oregon, USA.

This is the fourth largest jackpot in Powerball history and the eighth largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.

A screen displaying the jackpot at a store in Miami, Florida, in October 2023.

The winning numbers for April 7th were the five white balls numbered 22-27-44-52-69 and the red ball (Powerball number) 9. This was the 41st drawing since the last jackpot win on New Year's Day, worth $842.4 million. Each Powerball ticket costs $2. The odds of winning are 1 in 292.2 million.

The lucky winner of this prize can choose to receive a lump sum of approximately $621 million before taxes or receive the full amount, which includes an initial payment and 29 installments over the following 29 years.

In addition to this prize, seven other people won $1 million each in the states of Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Wyoming. These winners matched only five white balls.

Powerball lottery tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.

The largest Powerball jackpot, and the biggest in US lottery history, was worth $2.04 billion. The lucky winner won the jackpot in November 2022 in California.

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