$2.04 billion Powerball winning ticket sold in California, $1 million winner in Massachusetts 01:52

Powerball announced Tuesday that a single winning ticket was sold in California for a world record $2.04 billion jackpot. The announcement came after a long delay in revealing the winners. The winning numbers are 10, 33, 41, 47 and 56 with Powerball 10. California Lottery officials said on Twitter that the winning ticket was sold at a service center in the Altadena community of Los Angeles County. California Lottery Makes Its FIRST Billionaire! A lucky ticket sold at Joe’s Service Center in Altadena matched all 6 numbers in the November 7th #Powerball drawing. The final jackpot amount for this drawing reached 2.04 BILLION. dollars. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/9mSEAh18s1 — California Lottery (@calottery) November 8, 2022 “Congratulations to the lucky ticket holder in California and the millions of other Powerball players who won other prizes in the drawing,” Powerball Product Group President Drew Svitko said in a statement. “On behalf of lottery participants, I’d like to thank our players for joining us in this historic jackpot. A portion of every Powerball ticket purchased will stay in your state to support your local communities.”
Winners have the option of receiving the grand prize as an annuity spread over 29 years or a one-time cash payment. The cash option was $997.6 million, according to the statement. Nearly two dozen tickets came close to the grand prize. According to Powerball, 22 tickets won $1 million by matching five numbers but not the Powerball. In Florida, a ticket won an extra $1 million because the player bought the Power Play option. The odds of winning them all are 1 in 292.2 million. The latest figures were due to be revealed on Monday night, but the announcement was delayed until Tuesday morning. In a statement, Powerball officials said the drawing was delayed because an unidentified lottery operator was unable to “process sales and game data.” By Tuesday, the jackpot had eluded players since August 3. It surpassed the previous world record jackpot of $1.586 billion in the build-up to Saturday’s drawing, which had a jackpot of $1.6 billion. When no one won over the weekend, the jackpot grew to about $1.9 billion by Monday night. Officials said Tuesday the grand prize for the latest drawing turned out to be $2.04 billion. Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly attributed a report from Powerball.net that there was no Powerball jackpot winner. The story has been corrected.

Alex Sudby

Alex Sundby is a senior editor for CBSNews.com