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A California resident earned almost $ 700 million dollars this Monday in Powerball, the seventh largest prize in the history of the United States lottery .
After almost four months, with 40 draws without a big winner, the prize was increased to $ 699. $ 8 million, and a single ticket, sold in California, was marked with the six winning numbers in Monday’s contest .
The numbers that were drawn were 12, 22, 45, 69 and 69, and the Powerball was the 15. This lottery had not had a winner since June 5.
According to the social networks of the California Lottery, The winning ticket was sold at Morro Bay .
The winner will be able to choose one of two options: an annual payment during 29 years, with their respective tax payments; or cash payment, the approximate amount after tax discounts would be $ 496 millions of dollars.
Five winning tickets of $ 1 million dollars came out in the same drawing, two of them sold in Massachusetts and one in Virginia, Florida and Arizona.
This draw 41 set a record, surpassing the mark previous of 36 draws that ended in January 2021.
In the history of the United States Lottery, the largest prize was held in January 2016, when an amount of $ 1 was delivered, 600 million dollars .
The price of a Powerball ticket is $ 2.
The odds of having an outright winner is 292. 2 million to one , which helps generate bigger and more attractive prizes for more players to participate.
Powerball is played in 45 states plus Washington DC, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
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