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Two fortunate Southern Californians are the state’s latest winners after numbers for the $1.13 billion Powerball jackpot have been drawn Wednesday night time.
The successful numbers have been 11, 38, 41, 62, 65. The Powerball quantity was once 15 and the PowerPlay was once 3X.
Two tickets matched 5 numbers and can take house $1,622,808. The successful tickets have been offered at an Albertsons in San Dimas and Oxnard Shores Bottle Store in Oxnard.
For the reason that tickets have been lacking the Powerball numbers, the primary jackpot will building up to an estimated $1.23 billion for Saturday night time’s drawing.
Twelve different fortunate Californians hit 4 numbers plus the Powerball and can take house $19,682.
Wednesday night time’s jackpot was once the eighth-largest in U.S. lottery historical past. The percentages of successful the highest Powerball prize is 1 in 292.2 million. The jackpot has been rising for over 3 months when the closing participant gained the jackpot on Jan. 1.
Southern California winner of $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot published
Since then, there were 39 consecutive drawings with out any person matching all six numbers.
Southern California is house to a number of ancient Powerball winners together with the winner of closing summer season’s $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot who was once published on March 29.
In February 2022 after months of drawings, a successful price ticket for the ancient $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot was once claimed by means of Los Angeles resident Edwin Castro after he bought the price ticket at Joe’s Provider Middle in Altadena.
The Powerball jackpot winner can make a choice from the annuitized payout of steadily expanding bills over 29 years or the lump sum.
Right here’s the place the present Powerball jackpot ranks a number of the best 10 greatest lottery prizes in U.S. historical past:
$2.04 billion (Powerball): Nov. 7, 2022; California
$1.765 billion (Powerball): Oct. 11, 2023; California
$1.602 billion (Mega Hundreds of thousands): Aug. 15, 2023; Florida
$1.586 billion (Powerball): Jan. 13, 2016; California, Florida, Tennessee
$1.537 billion (Mega Hundreds of thousands): Oct. 23, 2018; South Carolina
$1.348 billion (Mega Hundreds of thousands): Jan. 13, 2023; Maine
$1.337 billion (Mega Hundreds of thousands): July 29, 2022; Illinois
$1.131 billion (estimated Powerball)
$1.08 billion (Powerball): July 19, 2023; California
$1.05 billion (Mega Hundreds of thousands): Jan. 22, 2021; Michigan
Powerball is performed in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Avid gamers have a 1 in 292.2 million likelihood of successful the Powerball jackpot and a 1 in 24.9 likelihood of successful any Powerball prize.
Powerball tickets are $2 each and every and drawings are held each Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET.
