Louisiana has been gripped by Powerball fever, with fantasies of beach condos and fancy automobiles.
For the time being, those fantasies are over. Someone in California, on the other hand, will be able to go on a major shopping spree.
The winning ticket for the Powerball drawing on Monday night is worth $699.8 million dollars.
This is the sixth-largest lottery jackpot ever in the United States.
According to the state lottery website, the winning ticket was purchased at an Albertsons supermarket in Morro Bay, California.
The following are the winning numbers from the drawing on October 4:
The Powerball number was 15 and the numbers were 12-22-54-66-69.
The jackpot was estimated to be $685 million, but due to strong sales, it has risen to nearly $700 million.
A one-time cash payment of $495 million has been made.
Six other tickets, worth a total of $1 million, matched all five white balls. Arizona, Florida, Massachusetts, Tennessee, and Virginia were among the states to sell them.
The top 20 prizes from the multistate games are shown below: Powerball and Mega Millions:
586 billion dollars The Powerball will be drawn on January 13, 2016. For this reward, there were three winning tickets.
These tickets were bought in Tennessee, Florida, and California, among other places.
Each of them had the option of accepting a lump sum payment of $327.8 million.
537 billion dollars Mega Millions for the month of October 2018. In South Carolina, one winning ticket was purchased.
The ticket was purchased from a KC Mart convenience store in Simpsonville. This is the highest single-ticket jackpot ever won in the United States.
The Wolverine FLL Club of Oakland County, Michigan won $1.050 billion ($776.6 million cash) in January 2021.
Powerball was won by a single ticket in Wisconsin for $768.4 million. $477 million in cash
Mavis Wanczyk of Massachusetts won the Powerball jackpot of $758 million on August 24, 2018.
She opted for a $480 million lump sum settlement.
On October 4, 2021, a single ticket in California wins the $699.8 million Powerball jackpot.
The Powerball jackpot was $687.8 million on Oct. 27, 2018. Two tickets were chosen as winners.
One is in Iowa, while the other is in New York.
Mega Millions jackpot of $656 million was won by three tickets sold in Maryland, Illinois, and Kansas on March 30, 2012. $471 million in cash
Mega Millions jackpot of $648 million was won on December 17, 2013 in Georgia and California. $347.6 million in cash
Powerball jackpot of $590.5 million was won on May 18, 2013 in Florida. $370.9 million in cash
The Powerball jackpot of $587.5 million was won on Nov. 28, 2012, by two tickets sold in Missouri and Arizona. $384.7 million in cash
One ticket in New Hampshire won the $564 million Powerball jackpot in the drawing on Saturday, January 6, 2018.
$559.7 million in total Powerball, Reeds Ferry Market in Merrimack, New Hampshire, sold a single ticket.
The winner of the lottery ticket want to remain unidentified.
Mega Millions is a $543 million lottery game. In the July 2018 drawing, one winning ticket was sold in California.
On July 8, 2016, a single $536 million Mega Millions ticket was sold in Indiana.
For the June 7, 2019 Mega Millions drawing, one winning ticket worth $530 million was sold in California.
On Friday, May 21, 2021, one ticket sold in Pennsylvania wins the $515 million Mega Millions jackpot.
On July 30, 2016, a $487 million Powerball winning ticket was sold in New Hampshire.
On March 17, 2018, a $455 million Powerball winning ticket was sold in Pennsylvania.
In Florida, a Mega Millions ticket worth $450 million was sold for the January 5th, 2018 drawing.