A profitable ticket has been bought in California for the Powerball jackpot price an estimated $1.08 billion, the sixth-largest in U.S. historical past and the third-largest within the historical past of the sport.

The profitable numbers for Wednesday night time’s drawing had been: white balls 7, 10, 11, 13, 24 and pink Powerball 24. The California Lottery mentioned on Twitter that the profitable ticket was bought in Los Angeles at Las Palmitas Mini Market.

Final ticket gross sales pushed the jackpot past its earlier estimate of $1 billion to $1.08 billion on the time of the drawing, transferring it from the seventh-largest to the sixth-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever received.

The winner can select both the overall jackpot paid out in yearly increments or a $558.1 million, one-time lump sum earlier than taxes.

The recreation’s abysmal odds of 1 in 292.2 million are designed to construct large prizes that draw extra gamers. The largest Powerball jackpot was $2.04 billion Powerball in November.

The final time somebody had received the Powerball jackpot was April 19 for a high prize of practically $253 million. Since then, nobody had received the grand prize.

Powerball is performed in 45 states, in addition to Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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