Winning numbers selected in US Powerball lottery drawing

For example, if you choose the Powerball number correctly, you win $4.

The winning ticket in California was sold at a 7-Eleven in Chino Hills, a suburb of Los Angeles, according to media reports. However, there is a slight chance you could be a victor, and not even know it.

The scene was celebratory outside a 7-Eleven in Chino Hills on Wednesday night where a jackpot-winning Powerball ticket was sold. The jackpot estimate is reviewed daily, and the odds of winning are a mere 1 in 292.2 million.

Nationwide, ticket sales were running almost double the $326.5 million in tickets sold Tuesday, according to Gary Grief, executive director of the Texas Lottery and chairman of the Powerball game for the Multi-State Lottery Association that oversees Powerball. The jackpot is the world’s largest potential prize for a single victor. El Gordo last month showered 2.2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) across the country.

Additional winners were later confirmed in Florida and Tennessee, Lopez said. At the peak of the ticket buying frenzy Wednesday, from 5 p.m.to 6 p.m, Kansans were buying Powerball tickets at a record rate of $12,140 per minute. Powerball is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

All it takes is one ticket, six numbers, and a whole lot of luck to win, and local businesses say they already feel lucky due to the recent boost in business.

The jackpot can be paid in annual payments over 29 years, or the victor could opt for a lump-sum payment of $930 million.

Matching the five white-ball numbers qualifies for a $1 million prize, which doubles to $2 million if it’s a Power Play ticket. The jackpot started at $40 million at the beginning of November.

Closer to the line, a Georgia lottery official stood at the machine at the state’s welcome center, helping the long lines of Alabamians who stopped in the lobby to purchase their own tickets.