The lucky owner of a single Powerball ticket in Washington state won a jackpot worth $754.6 million after matching all six numbers drawn in Monday’s drawing, authorities said.
The identity of the winner remains a mystery, but his ticket matched the white ball number 5, 11, 22, 23, 69 and the red Powerball 7. The Power Play multiplier was 2X.
The victory means that a Powerball jackpot that has eluded players since last November has come to an end with the 34th drawing of the jackpot race, Powerball organizers said in a statement. Press release.
Final ticket sales pushed the jackpot past its previous estimate to its latest total at the time of the draw, making it the fifth-largest Powerball jackpot and the ninth-largest US Lottery jackpot. The US never won, authorities said.
The ticket holder will be able to choose between an annualized prize of $754.6 million or a one-time payment of $407.2 million. Both award options are before taxes.
If the winner chooses the annuity option, they will receive an immediate payment, with 29 annual payments thereafter that increase by 5% each year, according to officials.
Other big winners in Monday’s drawing included the owners of two tickets sold in Michigan and three in New York, with those tickets matching all five white balls to win prizes of $1 million. Another ticket in Texas matched all five white balls and doubled the prize to $2 million by including the Power Play option for an additional $1 per play, authorities said.
Meanwhile, there were also 58 tickets nationwide that won prizes of $50,000 and 16 tickets with prizes of $100,000.
Monday’s drawing was the first time the Powerball jackpot had been won this year. The Powerball jackpot was previously won on November 19, 2022, with a ticket in Kansas winning a grand prize worth $92.9 million, according to Powerball organizers.
Among the Powerball jackpots won in 2022 was a $632.6 million jackpot on January 5 and split between winners in California and Wisconsin.
The next Powerball drawing is scheduled for Wednesday night.