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$1.5B Powerball jackpot: At least 3 winning tickets sold – CBS News

Editor January 14, 2016

A winning ticket for Wednesday night’s world record $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot was sold in suburban Los Angeles, another in Florida and a third in Tennessee, California lottery officials told CBS News.

It could take several hours before officials know whether any other winning tickets were sold elsewhere.

The winning numbers were 4-8-19-27-34 and Powerball 10.

One of the winners ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven in Chino Hills, California, said Alex Traverso, a spokesman for the state’s lottery. The identity of the winner wasn’t known.

The store and its surrounding strip mall immediately became a wildly popular gathering spot in the usually quiet Los Angeles suburb. TV footage showed hundreds of people, from news crews to gawkers, crowding the store and spilling into its parking lot.

They cheered and mugged for TV cameras as if it were New Year’s Eve or a sporting event. Many chanted, “Chino Hills! Chino Hills!” in celebration of their city. Some took selfies with the store clerk on duty.

He told CBS Los Angeles, “It’s my pleasure… and I’m really excited, too” about the winning ticket having been sold at that store.

The 7-Eleven will get a $1 million bonus for selling the winning ticket, Traverso said.

Officials of the Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs the Powerball game, said they expected more than 85 percent of the possible number combinations would have been bought for the drawing. The odds of winning were 1 in 292.2 million.

Winners have to pay 39.6 percent of the prize in federal income taxes, in addition to any state taxes.

Estimated jackpot amounts, which are released daily, have been steadily rising since Nov. 4, when the jackpot was reset at $40 million.

Powerball tickets are sold in 44 states, as well as the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

But residents in the six states that don’t participate found ways to get their hands on tickets. Some of the biggest Powerball sales have come from cities bordering states that don’t sell the tickets, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association. The association oversees the Powerball Lottery, but management rotates annually among member states.(CBS News)

Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/1-5b-powerball-jackpot-at-least-3-winning-tickets-sold/

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