Powerball megabucks jackpot claimed by two.
Wednesday night's Powerball draw numbers were 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball of 6.
Of the record 563 million tickets sold for the lottery, only two had the numbers right. The winning tickets, which were sold in Missouri and Arizona, is worth a record $587.5 million jackpot. The jackpot reached a half billion dollars Tuesday and raised since nearly 20 per cent.
Speaking of gambling, lottery organizers estimated the chance of the jackpot being hit on Wednesday at 75% certainty.
One Winner
Powerball officials say tickets sold in Arizona and Missouri matched all six numbers to share in the record $587.5 million jackpot. Now the hunt for the winners begins. The cash option for the jackpot is $384 million.
All Winners
Although a jackpot of this size naturally draws attention to the winner, many more tickets were sold than the winning two. Indeed, nearly 9 million other lottery players have won a prize of some sort, including 60 who won a million-dollar prize each!
Online Revolution
Lottery jackpots have changed over the past couple of years with the emergence of online lottery ticket agents such as TheLotter. TheLotter, CongaLotto and others will buy a real ticket for players filling a form over their websites, scan the ticket and mail it too. These tickets, purchased by anyone, anywhere, are valid for Powerball draws and other lottos. They also allow such participation records and contribute to the record jackpot prizes.
Lottery Jackpot Records
Powerball came short of setting the US record for a lottery payout, which is held by Mega Millions. The March, 2012 Mega Millions jackpot record was a hefty $656 million. Three winners have shared the jackpot then.
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