The winning $2.04 billion Powerball ticket was sold in California, state lottery says
A record-smashing $2.04 billion Powerball-winning ticket was sold in California, according to lottery officials.
The ticket was sold at a gas station in Altadena, an unincorporated area about 14 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, the lottery says. The holder of the winning ticket will be the first lottery-made billionaire in California’s history.
The winning numbers, according to the lottery, were 10-33-41-47-56, with a Power number of 10.
The big winning ticket was sold at Joe’s Service Center on West Woodbury Rd. in Altadena (#LosAngeles county). https://t.co/bByaCCdSDm
— CA Lottery Press (@calotterypress) November 8, 2022
Three additional tickets worth more than $1 million were sold in California, including one in San Francisco, according to the lottery. The 5-number tickets missed only the Powerball number.
We are so excited and we just can’t hide it . Not only did California have the BIG #Powerball winner, three more tickets matched 5 numbers missing just the Powerball in Gardena, Beaumont, and San Francisco. Congratulations to all our players! #CALottery
— California Lottery (@calottery) November 8, 2022
The news came as a turbulent finale to the Powerball saga. Monday night’s drawing was postponed to Tuesday morning after technical difficulties. The Multi-State Lottery Association said in a statement that the long delay occurred because “Powerball requires all 48 participating lotteries to submit their sales and play data prior to the winning numbers being selected. Once Powerball receives the outstanding submission, the drawing can proceed.”
The association refused to identify the state whose problems were holding up the drawing, saying “it’s against our policy to name the lottery that is experiencing the delay,” according to the Associated Press. The California Lottery in a tweet said “it is not due to any delays at the California Lottery.”
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