From the New York Post: A lucky Powerball player from Missouri and Texas each won the lottery’s historic $1.79 billion jackpot on Saturday night, ending a drought that spanned over three months.
The winning numbers for the game’s second-largest jackpot were 11, 23, 44, 61, 62 and the red Powerball 17.
The new multi-millionaires will split the jackpot equally, each choosing between an annuitized prize of $895 million paid out over 29 years, or a one-time lump sum of $410.3 million — before taxes, Powerball officials said.
The report explains that the two unidentified winners have between 90 days and up to one year to claim their prize, depending on guidelines in their states.
Also… a bit of trivia: Odds of winning the Powerball grand prize are an astronomical 1 in 292.2 million. Meaning there are better chances of becoming President of the United States (1 in 32.6 million) than striking rich with the Florida-based lottery.
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