Someone in Arkansas just hit the second biggest Powerball jackpot ever, grabbing over one point eight billion dollars on Christmas Eve. The winning numbers for that drawing were four, twenty-five, thirty-one, fifty-two, fifty-nine, and the red Powerball nineteen. This marks just the second time a top prize was landed in that state. The ticket holder can take a lump sum payout of around eight hundred thirty-five million dollars instead.
Powerball tickets run two dollars each, with jackpot odds sitting at one in over two hundred ninety-two million. Winners pick between the immediate cash or annual payments spread across twenty-nine years, with most choosing the money upfront. The game operates in forty-five states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. That huge prize will get hit with federal taxes, which could cut between twenty-four and thirty-seven percent, and usually state taxes too. The all-time record is still held by a single ticket from Altadena, California, which scored two point zero four billion a couple of years back.
Powerball tickets run two dollars each, with jackpot odds sitting at one in over two hundred ninety-two million. Winners pick between the immediate cash or annual payments spread across twenty-nine years, with most choosing the money upfront. The game operates in forty-five states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. That huge prize will get hit with federal taxes, which could cut between twenty-four and thirty-seven percent, and usually state taxes too. The all-time record is still held by a single ticket from Altadena, California, which scored two point zero four billion a couple of years back.
