Lottery officials
released the winning numbers for the largest multistate Powerball
jackpot: 22, 10,13,14, 52 and the Powerball number is 11.
One winning ticket was
sold at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, Florida, according to David
Bishop, deputy secretary of Florida lottery.
Saturday's jackpot is a record $590.5 million. It marks the largest in Powerball history, surpassing a $587.6 million jackpot split by winners in Arizona and Missouri in November.
The jackpot has a cash value of $376.9 million.
The largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history was $656 million in the Mega Millions game in March 2012. That was split by three tickets sold in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland.
If there had been no
winner in Saturday's Powerball, the jackpot would have shot up to $925
million for Wednesday's drawing, according to Kelly Cripe, spokeswoman
for the Texas Lottery, which is part of the multistate lotteries.
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The Powerball game is
played in 43 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin
Islands. A single ticket costs $2, and the odds of winning the jackpot
are 1 in 175,223,510.
Hate to break it to you,
but you stand a better chance of walking onto the golf course and
hitting two consecutive holes in one than winning the jackpot.
But that didn't stop
hundreds from driving to the Trex Mart in Dearborn, Missouri, store
where one of two winning tickets sold in last year's $587 million
Powerball drawing.
About 100 people an hour were buying tickets at the store.
At a convenience store in Riverside, Missouri, Jim Mansell said he was only buying one ticket.
"I figure if the good
Lord intends you to win, you only need one ticket," he told CNN
affiliate KCTV5. "But I don't know if the good Lord believes in gambling
or not."
In Florida, winners must
claim prizes at a state lottery retailer or lottery district office on
or before the 180th day after the drawing. Any Powerball retailer in the
state can validate a winning ticket.
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