A ticket sold at a Publix store in Miami Shores matched the six numbers drawn Monday night and won the Powerball jackpot, estimated at $214.9 million.
This is the third time the jackpot has been won. Powerball this year, indicated a statement on the lottery game website.
The winning numbers were the white balls 7, 23, 24, 56, 60 and the red Powerball 25.
The lucky ticket holder in Florida will be able to choose between getting the full amount of $214.9 million in annual payments or receiving a lump sum payment of $100.1 million, both before taxes.
If the winner chooses the annuity option, they will receive an immediate payment, followed by 29 annual payments that increase 5 percent each year. You have 180 days from the date of the drawing to apply.
This is the first time the jackpot has been won in Florida since 2021.
The Powerball drawing on May 6 awarded 385,220 tickets nationwide. One ticket in Idaho matched all five white balls and increased his winnings from $1 million to $2 million by including the Power Play feature for an extra dollar.
Additionally, six tickets won prizes of $50,000 and seven won prizes of $100,000.
Exactly one month ago, April 6, a ticket sold in Oregon won the Powerball jackpot worth $1.326 million.
Fortune then smiled on Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, a 46-year-old immigrant from Laos, who suffers from cancer. since eight ago.
Charlie was one of the jackpot winners of that draw, as he shared half of the prize with his friend Laiza Chao, 55, from the Portland suburb of Milwaukie, who had contributed $100 to buy a batch of tickets along with Charlie and his wife Duanpen.
According to AP, both friends agreed to a lump sum payment of $422 million after taxes.
Powerball set record for the largest lottery prize of all time when a Californian player won more than $2 billion in November 2022.
Powerball tickets cost $2 per play and are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The next Powerball drawing will be held this Wednesday, at 10:59 p.m. (EST), and the jackpot is set at $20 million.
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