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The Powerball jackpot-winning ticket worth $1.76 billion, the game’s second-largest prize, was sold in California Wednesday night.
The winning numbers were 22, 24, 40, 52, 64, and the red Powerball 10.
It is the fifth time that the lottery’s jackpot was won this year.
Seven people — California (2), Florida (2), New York, Oklahoma and Virginia — won $1 million when they correctly guessed each of the white balls.
The last winning Powerball ticket was sold on July 19 for a grand prize of $1.08 billion to an unidentified individual in California.
July’s golden ticket was sold out of Las Palmitas Mini Market in Los Angeles, owned by Nabor Herrera and his family.
The newest jackpot winner could either receive the estimated $1.76 billion jackpot in 30 incremental payments over 29 years or outright claim a $774.1 million cash prize.
A winning Powerball ticket was sold in the latest drawing.AP
The odds of a ticketholder matching all five numbers plus the red Powerball is an astronomical 1 in 292,201,338.
Edwin Castro, the California man who won the largest Powerball in history last year, has been enjoying his riches with lavish purchases.
Since he won, Castro purchased three luxurious homes in California after he chose the one-time lump sum payment of $997.6 million from the $2 billion jackpot.
He spent $25.5 million on a five-bedroom, seven-bathroom Hollywood Hills mansion and $4 million on a mansion in his hometown of Altadena.
Castro, who also bought a $250,000 vintage Porsche, added to real estate portfolio earlier this month when he purchased a $47 million mansion in Bel Air.
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