One ticket purchased in Arizona matched all six numbers drawn on Wednesday night time and gained the $473.1 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officers mentioned.
The profitable numbers had been white balls 11, 36, 61, 62, and 68. The Powerball quantity was 4.
There was no early phrase on the place in Arizona the ticket was bought.
Robust ticket gross sales pushed the jackpot over earlier estimates to achieve the $473.1 million whole. The money possibility is $283.3 million.
The ticket holder or holders can select between an estimated annuity of $473.1 million, paid in 30 graduated funds over 29 years, or the lump sum of $283.3 million. Each choices are earlier than taxes.
One ticket in Indiana fell a quantity brief: It matched all 5 white balls, however not the Powereball quantity. It is nonetheless value $1 million.
Wednesday marked the third time a Powerball jackpot was gained this 12 months. Within the January 5 drawing, two tickets in California and Wisconsin cut up a $632.6 million jackpot – the seventh largest in Powerball historical past.
The most important was $1.586 Billion, on Jan. 13, 2016, cut up by three ticketholders, in Callifornia, Florida and Tennessee.
Powerball tickets are $2 every. Tickets are bought in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The percentages of profitable any prize are 1 in 24.9. The percentages of profitable the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.