One winning ticket sold for $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot – in Los Angeles

There was one profitable ticket offered for Wednesday evening’s estimated $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot, lottery officers stated.

It was bought on the Las Palmitas Mini Market in downtown Los Angeles, CBS Information Los Angeles reviews.

The profitable numbers have been 7, 10, 11, 13 and 24, with a Powerball of 24.

The ticket holder or holders will get to choose both a lump sum cost of $558.1 million or an annuity for the $1.08 billion. Each figures are earlier than taxes.

Late ticket gross sales propelled the jackpot previous its earlier estimate of $1 billion.

The drawing had greater than 4.8 million profitable tickets general and lower-tier money prizes price $85.1 million.

It was the second time in eight months {that a} $1 billion Powerball ticket was offered in Los Angeles County, CBS Information Los Angeles factors out. In November, a fortunate man at Joe’s Service Middle in Altadena appropriately guessed the numbers accompanying the world-record Powerball jackpot of $2.04 billion.

The jackpot had been swelling since April 19, when a ticket purchased in Ohio received a $252.6 million jackpot. Earlier than Wednesday evening’s drawing, nobody had matched the 5 white balls and crimson Powerball up to now 38 possibilities to win.

The $1.08 billion grand prize is the third largest within the recreation’s historical past because it began in 1992. Final 12 months, a single ticket offered in California received the $2.04 billion world document jackpot, and the sport’s second-largest grand prize of $1.586 billion was break up amongst winners in California, Florida and Tennessee.

Earlier this 12 months, a ticket offered in Washington state received a $754.6 million jackpot, the sport’s sixth largest.

Wednesday evening’s pot of gold was the sixth largest in U.S lottery historical past.

The odds of profitable the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.

In Mega Hundreds of thousands, an estimated $720 million jackpot is up for grabs Friday evening after nobody matched all six numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing. These profitable numbers have been 19, 22, 31, 37, 54 with a Mega Ball of 18.

If somebody wins Friday evening, the money choice can be an estimated $369.6 million. The chances of profitable the Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.

The 2 jumbo-sized jackpots spurred some folks to pool their cash and purchase tickets by the dozen within the hopes of profitable large.

In Southern California, a lady purchased 50 lottery tickets on Tuesday at a 7-Eleven for her and her co-workers, CBS Information Los Angeles reported.

“I already instructed them immediately: If I win tonight, I am not even coming in, for positive, they know,” the lady instructed the station. “My boss is in on this with me.”

Powerball tickets value $2 every and are offered in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball drawings are held each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET.