“A single Powerball ticket in New Jersey has won an estimated $847 million after matching all six numbers in Wednesday’s drawing, the company said Thursday. The winning numbers were 15, 34, 41, 53, 56, and red Powerball 21, with a Power Play multiplier of 2x. The winner has the option to take a one-time payment”, — write on: www.cnn.com
A single Powerball ticket in New Jersey has won an estimated $847 million after matching all six numbers in Wednesday’s drawing, the company said Thursday.
The winning numbers were 15, 34, 41, 53, 56, and red Powerball 21, with a Power Play multiplier of 2x.
The winner has the option to take a one-time payment of $363.1 million or an annuity paid out over 29 years.
There were no winners for the $2 million and $1 million Match 5 prizes.
The winning ticket was sold at a Wegmans grocery store in Montvale, which is set to receive a $30,000 bonus check.
Wednesday’s jackpot was the ninth-largest prize in game history and the second-largest prize so far this year, according to game officials. Powerball updated the jackpot from $835 million, raising it from the 10th-largest prize in game history.
The last time the Powerball jackpot was won was August 12, when a lucky player claimed a $1.04 billion jackpot in Illinois.
Powerball drawings take place three times a week, on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 10:59 p.m. ET. The jackpot will reset to $20 million for Saturday’s drawing.
The odds of winning Wednesday’s jackpot were extremely slim, at an estimated 1 in 292.2 million, according to the lottery.
This jackpot cycle was the first in which players in the United Kingdom had participated from the beginning of the multi-drawing stretch, following the expansion of ticket sales to the country in July.
It also marks the first time a lottery outside the US has contributed to the Powerball jackpot, according to the lottery.
This story has been updated with additional information.