Single $456.7M Powerball ticket sold in Pennsylvania: report
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A single ticket sold in Pennsylvania won the multimillion-dollar Powerball jackpot in Saturday’s drawing, lottery officials said.
The ticket matched all five white balls and the Powerball to win an estimated $456.7 million jackpot, with $273.9 million cash value, PennLive.com reported.
The winner has the choice of taking the larger pot amount over the span of 29 years or the cash amount for a one-time, lump-sum payment.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}After 19 straight drawings failed to produce a grand-prize winner, this pot is one of the biggest in the multi-state U.S. lottery’s history, Reuters reported.
The odds of winning the St. Patrick’s Day drawing were 1 in 292 million, the report said.
Information on who has the winning ticket or where in Pennsylvania was not immediately known.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In the lucky holiday drawing, three additional tickets sold in California, Missouri and Texas matched all five white balls, PennLive reported.
The ticket sold in Texas won a $2 million prize using the 2X multiplier, while the other two tickets are worth $1 million each.
The winning numbers were 22, 57, 59, 60, 66 and Powerball 7.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The jackpot resets at $40 million for the next drawing, the report said.
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Jan. 6 was the last Powerball drawing to produce a jackpot winner, with the single ticket sold in New Hampshire winning $559.7 million. Under the name “Good Karma Family 2018,” the anonymous winner chose the lump-sum cash option of $352 million, Reuters reported.