A jackpot-winning Powerball ticket was sold in Southern California for the record $2.04 billion prize, lottery officials announced Tuesday.
The Powerball prize has an estimated cash value of $997.6 million before taxes, California Lottery officials said. The winning ticket—which matches all six numbers—was sold at Joe’s Service Center in Altadena, an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County.
The winning numbers in Monday’s drawing are 10, 33, 41, 47, 56, and the Powerball number is 10. No tickets have been sold that match all six numbers since early August.
“This means #CALottery has made its FIRST EVER billionaire,” the California Lottery wrote on Twitter, although history has shown the winner will likely take the $997 million cash payout rather than the annuity spread over 30 years….