A lottery buyer who purchased a Powerball ticket in a little bit city in California has turn into the second largest winner ever.

The thriller winner with the ticket for a whopping $1.7bn (£1.44bn) prize has but to return ahead for the reason that fortunate numbers had been introduced on Wednesday.

It's the speak of the mountain city of Frazier Park, which solely has 2,600 residents.

It was dubbed "the most exciting news ever to happen to Frazier Park" by Nidal Khalil, co-owner of the shop the place the successful ticket was bought.

Mr Khalil and his household have their very own causes to have fun, as their Midway Market & Liquor retailer has been handed a $1m cheque for promoting the ticket.

He added that he hoped the winner was one in every of his common prospects, most of that are native retirees.

The store's clerk, Janea Herrera, is satisfied the winner might be from the city.

"We're not that close to the freeway, so you have to go out of your way to come here," she stated.

"It's a tightknit community. Everybody knows each other," she stated, describing the city 75 miles north of Los Angeles as "pretty quiet" and "beautiful".

The store's night time employee, who goes by "Duke", added: "The phone's been ringing off the hook, people saying congratulations. Pretty crazy.

"Somebody owes me a truck," he said with a smile. "Quite a lot of prospects are available, you recognize they arrive in daily to get their tickets, religiously. And a number of them stated: 'Oh, if I win, I'm going to get you a brand new truck'.

So, the place's my truck? I'll be ready."

Whoever holds the jackpot ticket, according to Californian laws, will not be allowed to remain anonymous once they claim their winnings.

Powerball's odds of 1 in 292.2 million are designed to generate large jackpots, with prizes turning into ever bigger as they repeatedly roll over when nobody wins.

There had been 35 consecutive drawings and not using a large winner, resulting in such a large complete sum.

The solely prime prize that was ever greater was the $2.04bn (£1.66bn) Powerball received by a participant in California final November after 41 consecutive attracts.

Winnings are topic to taxes, that means the fortunate buyer could have a take-home of round $774.1m (£628.3m).

They have the selection of receiving the jackpot in instalments over 30 years or a lump money sum.

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