Can you imagine winning $204 Crore?! This is what happened to a lucky player who chose the numbers 10-33-41-47-56/10 on the Powerball draw of November 7, 2022!
The winning Powerball ticket was purchased in California which, therefore, saw its 1st lottery-made billionaire!
The good news are that as the Powerball winner got his ticket from California, he will not be able to remain anonymous but he will not have to pay any state taxes on his Powerball winnings. Indeed, California is one of the very few states that exempt winners from paying state taxes on any lottery winning – no matter the amount won!
This was the 41st draw after starting on August 3, 2022 and keeping on rolling over. The hype was so high on this last drawing that the estimated $190 Crore was actually revised to $204 Crore. Not only that but participating lotteries had a hard time coping with the amount of tickets coming in, this is why the Minnesota lottery requested additional time. This additional time was used to verify sales and play data as to make sure that the process is secure. However, this resulted in a delayed drawing and tens of crore of players had to wait longer to check the Powerball results.
All participating lotteries are encouraging players to check their tickets as this historical draw featured more than 112 lakh tickets winning Powerball prizes totaling $981 Lakh. No less than 22 tickets won $10 Lakh & one winning ticket even won $20 Lakh thanks to the Powerball Power Play option that had been selected during the purchase of the ticket! Also 225 tickets won $50,000!
The winner has not claimed his prize yet but he has 1 year to come forward in California.
Did you know you can play Powerball from India and participate to such amazing draws?! Good luck!
