A ticket sold in Oregon has won Powerball jackpot of more than $1.3 billion, the eighth largest in U.S. history.
\nPowerball drew the numbers early on Sunday and the winning numbers were white balls 22, 27, 44, 52, 69 and red Powerball 9. The drawing is the 41st since the last Powerball winner hit the jackpot on New Year\u2019s Day.
\nThe winner matched the correct six double-digit numbers on a $2 ticket. The chances of that happening are one in 292.2 million, which means the top prize rolls over multiple times and the jackpot gets bigger.
\nThe lottery drawing, initially set for 11 p.m. EDT on Saturday (0300 GMT on Sunday), was delayed to complete the required procedures before announcing the numbers.
\nThe prize of around $1.3 billion can be taken as a single lump sum of about $608.9 million. The other option is an initial payment followed by 29 annual payments.
\nPowerball tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and in Puerto Rico.
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A ticket sold in Oregon has won a Powerball jackpot of over .3 billion, the eighth largest in U.S. history. The winning numbers were white balls 22, 27, 44, 52, 69 and red Powerball 9. The chances of winning with the correct six double-digit numbers on a ticket are one in 292.2 million. The prize can be taken as a single lump sum of about 8.9 million or in 29 annual payments. Powerball tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[658,4903,5081,5470,1012,5467,5468,4902,618,457,5469,18],"class_list":["post-7256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-history","tag-jackpot","tag-lottery","tag-lottery-drawing","tag-numbers","tag-powerball","tag-powerball-jackpot","tag-powerball-tickets","tag-top","tag-white","tag-winning-numbers","tag-world"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n