LOS ANGELES (AP) — A winning ticket has been sold in California for the Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $1.08 billion, the sixth largest in U.S. history and the third-largest in game history.
The winning numbers for Wednesday night’s drawing were: white balls 7, 10, 11, 13, 24 and red Powerball 24. The California Lottery said on Twitter that the winning ticket was sold in Los Angeles at Las Palmitas Mini Market.
Final ticket sales pushed the jackpot past its previous estimate of $1 billion to $1.08 billion at the time of the drawing, moving it from the seventh-largest to the sixth-largest ever won American lottery jackpot.
The winner can choose between the total jackpot paid annually or a one-time payment of $558.1 million before taxes.
The last time someone had won the Powerball jackpot on April 19th for a top prize of almost $253 million. Since then, no one had won the grand prize.
Powerball is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, DC, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.