One lucky Powerball lottery ticket, containing numbers 22, 10, 13, 14, 52, and a Powerball of 11, has brought a lucky Florida punter the second biggest jackpot in the US history - $590.5 million.
The winner, whose identity has not been identified yet, had to beat extreme odds to get the massive prize – according to experts in the field, the chances of winning the jackpot were 1 in 175.2 million.
However, since 80 percent of the possible combinations had been purchased, it was very likely there would be a winner this time.
The sale of the popular lottery tickets surged this month throughout the Powerball-playing states - 43 of them plus Washington, DC, and the US Virgin Islands. The reason for this may lie in the fact that last month, Powerball landed the nation's most populous state as California to those states that offer the game.
The winner, whose identity has not been identified yet, had to beat extreme odds to get the massive prize – according to experts in the field, the chances of winning the jackpot were 1 in 175.2 million.
However, since 80 percent of the possible combinations had been purchased, it was very likely there would be a winner this time.
The sale of the popular lottery tickets surged this month throughout the Powerball-playing states - 43 of them plus Washington, DC, and the US Virgin Islands. The reason for this may lie in the fact that last month, Powerball landed the nation's most populous state as California to those states that offer the game.
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