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California’s Powerball lucky streak continued Wednesday night as a single ticket sold in Frazier Park claimed a $1.765 billion annuitized jackpot. The prize, the second-richest in Powerball and US lottery history, has a one-time cash value of approximately $774.1 million.
The Powerball drawing for Wednesday, Oct. 11, delivered a $1.765 billion jackpot win for a ticket sold in California. The prize is the second-largest in Powerball history, which launched in 1992. (Image: Powerball)
The Powerball jackpot had been climbing since it was last hit on July 19 when a ticket — also sold in California — won a $1.08 billion annuitized prize.
Millions of Powerball players will anxiously await the five white balls and red Powerball during tonight’s drawing in hopes of becoming an instant multimillionaire. But the odds are very good that you, your friend, your neighbor, and everyone else you know who purchased a $2 ticket won’t win the game’s top prize.
Powerball players wait in line at Mr. C’s Liquor in San Pedro, Ca., on Jan. 12, 2016. The Powerball jackpot for tonight’s drawing is north of $1.73 billion. (Image: ABC News)
The odds of a ticket winning the Powerball jackpot are just one in 292.2 million. To put those unfathomable odds in perspective, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says you have about a one-in-a-million chance of being struck by lightning at some point in your lifetime.
Tonight’s Powerball jackpot is an estimated $1.55 billion, with a one-time cash option of $679.8 million.
A man walks by Lambert’s Market in Boston, with the $1.55 billion Powerball prize advertised on a digital display.
The August winner of the Mega Millions jackpot worth $1.602 billion came forward on Monday, September 25, to claim the prize, but lottery officials aren’t saying much about the person’s identity because of a recently passed law in Florida.