The odds of winning it were roughly one in 292.2 million, according to Powerball. The prize had been growing for three months. lottery prizes ever, coming in as the sixth-largest ever. And, while it's not a bad haul for the investment in a $2 Powerball ticket, the latest jackpot doesn't quite crack the five-largest U.S.
Wednesday's prize marked the seventh time since 2016 that a lottery jackpot has crossed the billion-dollar threshold.
In November 2022, the all-time record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot sold a single winning ticket at a gas station in Altadena, California, just north of Los Angeles. It's actually the second time a single billion-dollar jackpot winner was sold in Los Angeles County in less than a year.
