It took 36 times, but there is finally a Powerball winner. A solo ticket in California matched all five white numbers and the red Powerball on Wednesday to win an estimated $1.73 billion -- the second-largest jackpot in the history of Powerball.
The numbers selected were 22-24-40-52-64 and the red Powerball was 10. The multiplier was 2X.
Winning $1.73B ticket sold in California
Update 12:26 a.m. EDT Oct. 12: A solo ticket in California matched all five white numbers and the red Powerball on Wednesday to win an estimated $1.73 billion -- the second-largest jackpot in the history of Powerball.
According to the California Lottery, the winning ticket was sold at Midway Market & Liquor in Frazier Park, The Associated Press reported.
It was the first time since July 19 that there has been a Powerball jackpot winner.
The highest jackpot in Powerball history is $2.04 billion, also sold to a single winner in California, on Nov. 7, 2022.
Wednesday’s winner has two payout options: An annuity, in which the winner receives one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year, or the lump sum option. Choosing the second option will make the cash value amount approximately $756.6 million before taxes, lottery officials said.
Solo tickets in Arizona and Pennsylvania matched all five numbers on Wednesday and were worth $2 million because the ticketholders played the Power Play option.
Tickets worth $1 million -- a player matching five numbers -- were won in five states. There were two winners each in California and Florida, and solo winners in New York, Oklahoma and Virginia, lottery officials said.
The jackpot resets to $20 million, with the next drawing on Saturday.
Top 10 Powerball jackpots
- $2.04 billion – Nov. 7, 2022 (One ticket from California).
- $1.73 billion – Oct. 11, 2023 (One ticket from California).
- $1.586 billion – Jan. 13, 2016 (Three tickets from California, Florida and Tennessee).
- $1.08 billion – July 19, 2023, drawing (One ticket from California).
- $768.4 million – March 27, 2019 (One ticket from Wisconsin).
- $758.7 million – Aug. 23, 2017 (One ticket from Massachusetts).
- $754.6 million – Feb. 6, 2023 (One ticket from Washington).
- $731.1 million – Jan. 20, 2021 (One ticket from Maryland).
- $699.8 million – Oct. 4, 2021 (One ticket from California).
- $687.8 million – Oct. 27, 2018 (Two tickets from Iowa and New York).
2023 Powerball jackpots won
- Feb. 6 — $754.6 million — Washington
- March 4 — $162.6 million — Virginia
- April 19 — $252.6 million — Ohio
- July 19 — $1.08 billion — California
- Oct. 11 — $1.73 billion — California.
Original report: There have been 35 previous drawings since the Powerball was last hit on July 19.
“This is a gigantic night for Powerball players and U.S. lotteries,” Drew Svitko, Powerball product group chair and executive director of the Pennsylvania Lottery, said in a statement.
If someone wins the big prize on Wednesday night, they will have two options: An annuity, in which the winner receives one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year, or the lump sum option. Choosing the second option will make the cash value amount approximately $756.6 million before taxes, lottery officials said.
The highest jackpot in Powerball history is $2.04 billion, sold to a single winner in California on Nov. 7, 2022.
The current streak of 35 consecutive drawings without a winner trails only the mark of 41, set in 2021 and 2022, according to The Associated Press.
Drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Tickets, which cost $2 per play, are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The odds of winning the grand prize are 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball.com.
