$2.04B Powerball Jackpot Ticket Sold: Games Ends In MI

MICHIGAN — At least one player bought a winning ticket in the $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot ticket in the latest drawing, lottery officials in California said Tuesday.

The player who bought a ticket in Altadena matched the winning numbers — 10, 33, 41, 47 and 56, with a Powerball of 10. It was the largest prize in U.S. lottery history, and only the fourth time in the 30-year history of the game that the jackpot has crossed $1 billion.

That means the jackpot in the Wednesday drawing will be reset.

Players went to bed Monday without knowing a winner. The frenzied pace of ticket-buying didn’t “break” Powerball Monday night. Rather, game officials said the delay came after one of the participating state lotteries was unable to process its sales data.

“Powerball requires all 48 participating lotteries to submit their sales and play data prior to the winning numbers being selected,” the Multi-State Lottery Association said in a statement. The organization declined to say in which state the delay occurred.

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In Michigan, sales of tickets cut off at 9:45 p.m. Wednesday for that night’s drawing.

Lottery winnings will be taxed at a rate of 4.25 percent in Michigan. The largest Powerball winner in Michigan's history came in 2012, when a man from Lapeer County won $337 million.

The odds of winning it remained daunting — 1 in 292.2 million — no matter how many tickets are sold.

No one had claimed the prize since Aug. 3.

A Powerball ticket costs $2. For an additional $1 per ticket, players can multiply non-jackpot prizes by up to 10 times with the Power Play feature. One caveat: The 10X multiplier is only available when the advertised jackpot annuity is $150 million or less.

To win the jackpot, a player must match all white balls in any order and the red Powerball number. Lottery officials say chances are higher when players don’t choose their own numbers. About 75 percent of winning tickets over the years were picked by a computer.

Drawings are held three times a week, at 10:59 p.m. EST on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Along with the jackpot-winning ticket, 22 winners won $1 million and one player in Florida won $2 million.