Although the chances of any single ticket’s winning the jackpot were 1 in 175 million (making it more likely that someone would die from a lightning strike or a bee sting than win), the Hills bought five tickets on the day of the Powerball drawing at the Trex Mart gas station in Dearborn, a town of 500 north of Kansas City. They have already appeared at a press conference where they were handed an oversized check made out for their share: $293,750,000 (before taxes). The first winning ticket belonged to the Hill family of Dearborn, Missouri. history, and the largest for Powerball, before two winning tickets with the numbers 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and a Powerball of 6 were announced by the Multi-State Lottery Association, which has run the Powerball game since 1992. Tickets cost $2.Īfter rolling more than 16 consecutive times without a winner, the Powerball jackpot shot up to $587.5 million, the second-largest in U.S. The jackpot is won by matching all five white balls in any order and the red Powerball. five white balls are selected out of a drum containing 59 white balls, and one red ball is chosen out of a drum containing 35 red balls. Every Wednesday and Saturday night at 10:59 p.m.
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