A player who bought a ticket in California, United States of Americawon record award $ 2.040 million in the Powerball lottery, closing more than three months of no winner.

The numbers that emerged in a study in Tallahassee, Florida were white 10, 33, 41, 47 and 56 and red 10.

The State Lottery Association said Monday that the announcement of the winner would be postponed until Tuesday due to problems with a state lottery.

The billionaire had surpassed the historic jackpot of $ 1,586 million won in 2016, which at the time was being drawn with the winning numbers: 10, 22, 41, 47 and 56. The Powerball number was 10.

It had risen to figures never seen in the last two draws because no one was lucky enough to guess all five numbers and the extra “ball”, which is the icing on the cake.

The California Lottery Administration posted on your account Twitter that the ticket that matched all six numbers was sold at an Altadena facility, and it is the first time that a person has won more than 1,000 million from gambling in the state.

There have been 40 consecutive Powerball draws without a winner.

This prize was particular, given that the drawing was supposed to take place on Monday evening but a technical failure in one of the states forced it to be postponed until this morning, with which the jackpot increased, exceeding 2,000 million in a few hours.

The full advertised prize amount is for winners who agree to receive the prize for 30 years, in one annual installment. That is, the total divided into 30 payments over three decades.

However, winners often choose the cash option. In this case, the cash prize would be reduced to less than half of the $ 2,040 million. It would still be $ 929 million in cash.

No one had hit all six numbers and since August 3, when Pennsylvania came out a total of $ 206.9 million.

How to play and how to get paid

The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 millionaccording to the managers of Powerball.

Powerball is played in 45 states, plus Washington, DC, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.

To play Powerball you have to choose 5 numbers between 1 and 69. And then the Powerball, between 1 and 26. The winner is the one who guesses all six numbers. Something statistically very difficult.

But the lottery also gives prizes to those bettors who can’t guess all the numbers. People who get five of the six numbers correctly are paid a million dollars.

Instead, if they get four out of six, the lottery will pay out $ 50,000 for every bettor who gets it.

With information from agencies

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