An American from Georgia won the US$478 million Powerball jackpot on Wednesday, a first in eight years in this American state.
The winning combination is 2, 15, 27, 29, 39 for the white balls and 20 for the red Powerball, according to what the newspaper reported New York Post, who did not identify the lucky winner.
He can be paid the winnings over a period of 29 years or be satisfied with a single payment of a lump sum estimated at more than US $230 million, according to the state lottery website.
While it takes an astronomical chance in 292,201,338 to win the Powerball jackpot, that is to say that a person has 292 times more chance of being struck by lightning (one in a million) than winning the Powerball if he plays it just once in his life.
Furthermore, during Wednesday evening’s drawing, two holders of tickets purchased in Pennsylvania and Texas found the five white balls to win US$1 million, continued the New York media.
This Wednesday evening’s victory ended a two-month drought for Powerball lottery jackpot winners, while a Californian won the US$44.3 million jackpot on August 19.
