Feeling peachy!
One fortunate Powerball participant in Georgia received an estimated $478 million prize Wednesday evening, breaking the state’s almost decade-long drought of hitting the lottery’s jackpot.
The successful numbers have been 2, 15, 27, 29, 39 and pink Powerball 20.
After matching all six numbers, the unknown winner can take dwelling the estimated $478 million winnings paid out over 29 years or the one-time lump sum estimated at $230.6 million.
It takes the astronomical odds of 1 in 292,201,338 to win the Powerball grand prize.
Two ticketholders in Pennsylvania and Texas matched all 5 white balls to win $1 million.
Wednesday evening’s win broke a two-month dry spell of Powerball jackpot winners. A California lottery participant received the $44.3 million jackpot on Aug. 19, 2024.
4 jackpot-winning tickets have been bought within the Peach State over the past 14 years.
Couple William and Heather ten Broeke received the $246 million prize on Sept. 17, 2016, however opted for the $165,613,510.93 money worth.
The pair have been purchasing at a grocery retailer when Heather ten Broeke reminded her husband to purchase a lottery ticket for the drawing, in accordance with WSB2.
After they received, they shared that they deliberate to spend the fortune on journey, household, investments and to donate to charity.
A $77.1 million ticket bought in June 2011 went unclaimed.
Georgia lottery gamers normally have 180 days to assert their winnings, in accordance with the state’s lottery web site.
An unknown New Jersey participant, who purchased a $1.13 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands ticket in March, has nonetheless but to assert the purse, with simply over 5 months left to assert the prize.
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