Florida Lottery Powerball Draw Game

Powerball Jackpot Winner Of $316.3M From 7-Eleven Revealed In California

Florida Lottery Powerball Draw Game

It was a mystery for more than four months, but the waiting and wondering was finally over.

The California Lottery announced late last week, that the winner of the massive $316.3 million Powerball prize from a jackpot hit back on January 5 with a ticket sold in Sacramento.

Orlando Zavala Lozano picked up the incredibly lucky ticket at the 7-Eleven on the corner of Wyndham Drive and Valley Hi Drive in Sacramento when the jackpot was $632.6 million.

Only his and one other ticket sold out of state matched all six numbers that night, so Lozano splits the top prize with a couple from Wisconsin who came forward back in February.

Together, theirs was the 7th largest prize in Powerball history.

Lozano has elected to take the lump sum, still worth an enormous $225.1 million (before federal taxes). Jackpot winners in California have the choice between the lump sum or annuity payments that, invested over time, ultimately amount to the advertised jackpot.

The 7-Eleven where Lozano picked up his ticket received a $1 million bonus just for selling a jackpot-winning ticket.

“Foot traffic has increased along with sales since we sold the winning ticket,” said 7-Eleven store owner Harprit Dhillon. “Lottery games are great for small businesses, and we love selling them.”

Powerball tickets are $2 each and can be bought until 7 p.m. on the day of the draw.

Drawings are held on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays at 7:59 p.m. Pacific time in Tallahassee, Florida.

Tickets are sold in 45 states, as well as in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338, no matter how high the jackpot gets. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 25.

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