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A single ticket matched all six numbers in the  Powerball® drawing on Saturday, March 29, winning more than $500 million, the lottery company announced.

The jackpot winner can choose between receiving the $526.5 million prize paid out over 30 years or a $243.8 million lump-sum cash option.

The winner, who purchased the ticket at a 7-Eleven store in Anaheim, California, matched the numbers 7, 11, 21, 53, and 61, with the Powerball number 2 and Power Play 3x.

In addition to the grand prize, five other tickets won big: two tickets in Georgia won $1 million each, one ticket in Ohio won $1 million, one ticket in Oregon won $1 million and one ticket in Texas won $1 million.

The next Powerball drawing is scheduled for Saturday, April 5, with a jackpot of $47 million, or a $22 million cash option.

Powerball tickets are also available to U.S. residents via the official lottery website www.PowerBall.com.

While international participants can play through The Lotter website.

Powerball drawings are broadcast live at 11 p.m. ET from the State of Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee. Drawings are also available on Powerball.com.

The jackpot grows until it is won. Players win a prize by matching one of the 9 ways to win. The jackpot is won by matching all five white balls in any order and the red Powerball.


Powerball costs about $2 per play. To play, people should select five numbers between 1 and 69 for the white balls, then select one number between 1 and 26 for the red Powerball. People can choose the numbers on a play slip or let the lottery terminal randomly pick the numbers.


Jackpot winners may choose to receive their prize as an annuity, paid in 30 graduated payments over 29 years, or a lump-sum payment. Both advertised prize options are before federal and jurisdictional taxes.

Meanwhile, the other major lottery game, Mega Millions®, will be drawn tonight, on Friday, April 4. The jackpot stands at $43 million, or a $20 million cash option.

That prize has been growing since no ticket matched all six numbers in the April 1 drawing. The winning numbers from that drawing were 11, 12, 21, 29, and 49, with the Gold Mega Ball 3 and a 2X Megaplier.

Mega Millions tickets are available for purchase by U.S. residents on the official www.MegaMillions.com lottery website.

International players can also participate in Mega Millions and other global lotteries through The Lotter website that allows individuals from various nationalities to play.

Drawing will be conducted as usual at the WSB-TV studio in Atlanta, Georgia, at 11 p.m. ET. Soon afterward, the draw video will be available on the Mega Millions website.


Mega Millions tickets cost about $2 per play. Players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers - five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 25 (the gold Mega Ball) - or select Easy Pick/Quick Pick.
 

Players win the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in a drawing. Also, there are a total of nine ways to win a prize in this lottery, ranging from the jackpot down to $2.


Mega Millions jackpot winner will have the choice of a Cash Option or an Annual Payout. Annuity option: Provides for an initial annual payment followed by 29 annual payments.

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