A Powerball player in Oregon won a jackpot price greater than $1.3 billion on Sunday, ending a winning streak of greater than three months.
The single ticket, revealed after a delay of greater than three hours before the drawing, matched all six numbers drawn and won the jackpot price $1.326 billion, Powerball said in an announcement.
The jackpot has a money value of $621 million if the winner chooses to take a lump sum a pension Payout over 30 years, with immediate payout and subsequent 29-year installment payments. The prize is subject to federal tax, while many states also tax lottery winnings.
The winning numbers drawn early Sunday morning were: 22, 27, 44, 52, 69 and the red Powerball 9.
As of the last drawing, nobody had won Powerball’s top prize since New Year’s Day, making it 41 consecutive drawings and not using a jackpot winner, breaking a streak that had already happened twice in 2022 and 2021.
The price tag is $1.326 billion eighth largest lottery in US history. As prices rise, drawings attract more ticket sales and jackpots subsequently develop into harder to win. The game’s long odds for the weekend draw were 1 in 292.2 million.
Saturday evening is planned The drawing was stopped and took place just before 2:30 a.m. Sunday on the Florida Lottery studio to permit one in all the organizers to finish required procedures before the scheduled time of 10:59 p.m., Powerball said in an announcement.
“The rules of the Powerball game require that every single ticket sold nationwide be checked and verified using two different computer systems before the winning numbers are drawn,” the statement said. “This is done to ensure that every ticket sold for the Powerball drawing has been honored and has an equal chance of winning. Tonight we have a jurisdiction that needs additional time to complete this pre-draw process.”
Powerball is played in 45 states in addition to Washington, DC, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball officials didn’t immediately say where the verification problem occurred.
It’s the second time within the last 17 months that there was a delay within the drawing of an enormous Powerball jackpot.
In November 2022, the Powerball drawing won a record $2.04 billion a single ticket sold in Southern California, has been pushed back by almost 10 hours. The The Minnesota Lottery later announced this that there was a technical issue with the two-step verification process carried out by external providers.
