Winning billion dollar Powerball ticket sold in Southern California (again)
Los Angeles has yet another billion dollar Powerball winner after Wednesday night's drawing — marking the third such win in the past year.
The ticket, worth a whopping $1.765 billion, which had the winning numbers — 22, 24, 40, 52, and 64 and the Powerball is 10 — was sold at Midway Market & Liquor, located on 6032 Frazier Mountain Park Road in Frazier Park.
The jackpot is the second-largest in lottery history, just behind the $2.04 billion won by Los Angeles man Edwin Castro back in Nov. 2022.
Related: Winning Powerball ticket worth $1.08B sold in Los Angeles convenience store
Prior to the win, 33 consecutive drawings were completed without a big winner.
This drawing also marks the first time in Powerball history that three back-to-back jackpots have reached the billion-dollar mark, according to Powerball officials.
#BREAKING California was the only state to sell a #jackpot winning #Powerball ticket!! Almost two billion dollars! More coming in now….https://t.co/sj0YeXzkBo
— CA Lottery Press (@calotterypress) October 12, 2023
Now, the lucky player will be left with two options, a lump sum of nearly $774 million dollars, or an annuity that will pay out for almost 30 years to come.
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Two tickets matching five numbers, just missing the Powerball number, were also sold in the Southland. Those tickets, worth approximately $760k were sold at:
- MLS Mini Mart, located on 3570 Homestead Road in Santa Clara,
- Atlantic Wine & Spirit, located on 504 S. Atlantic Boulevard in Monterey Park.
Just months ago in July, another billionaire was born in Los Angeles, when a ticket worth $1.08 billion sold at a convenience store in the downtown area. No winner has yet been announced for that prize.
The chances of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.