NEW YORK (WABC) — There’s a winning ticket for the $2 million Powerball jackpot!
That lucky ticket was sold at Joe’s Service Center in Altadena, Calif., lottery officials confirmed Tuesday.
The winner matched all six numbers drawn in the delayed draw on Monday, November 7: White Ball 10, 33, 41, 47, 56 and Red Powerball 10. The Power Play multiplier was 2X.
Due to a technical issue, the Powerball drawing was delayed Monday night and was held at 8:57 a.m. EST Tuesday at the Florida Lottery drawing studio in Tallahassee.
The win occurs in draw number 41 of the jackpot run. The final ticket sale pushed the jackpot past its previous estimate of $2.04 billion at the time of the draw, making it the world’s largest lottery prize ever won.
The winner will be able to choose between an annual prize of $2.04 billion or a lump sum payment of $997.6 million. Both prize options are before tax. If the winner selects the annuity option, they will receive an immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year.
As for the cause of the delay, Minnesota Lottery officials took the blame.
Minnesota’s sales verification system caused a delay in processing, they said.
“The delay was necessary to confirm that the Powerball drawing could be conducted safely and accurately. At no time was the integrity of the process compromised,” according to a statement released by the Minnesota Lottery.
You can watch the Powerball drawing at 11pm every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at abc7ny.com/lottery and on our 24/7 streaming channel.
New Jersey has three $1 million Powerball second place winners – tickets that match 5 numbers, but not the Powerball.
These tickets were sold at the following points:
Camden County: News Nook, 17 S Center St., Merchantville;
Mercer County: 7-Eleven #27890, 222 Dutch Neck Rd., Hightstown; and,
Middlesex County: Atlantis Fresh Market #37, 421 US Highway 1 South, Edison.
Powerball says 22 of those tickets were sold nationwide. New York and Connecticut had no million dollar winners.
Powerball is played in 45 states as well as Washington, DC, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
Mega Millions is also streamed at abc7ny.com/lottery on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:00 p.m.
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