Record jackpot of one and a half billion ripped off three lucky ones

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The Powerball record jackpot - $ 1 586 400 000 - will be divided among three winners from California, Florida and Tennessee, who have won the winning numbers: 8-27-34-04-19 and 10.

The winners have not yet been named. The organizers did not rule out that within a few hours it would become known that the winning tickets were sold in other states.

Newspaper Los Angeles Times writes that in California the winning ticket was sold at the 7-Eleven store in the Los Angeles suburb of Chino Hills. A store selling a “golden ticket” will receive a bonus of one million dollars.

On Wednesday night, hundreds of people gathered in the happy 7-Eleven store and boastfully chanted the name of their city. Some took a selfie with the store owner Balbir Atval.

In Tennessee, the ticket was sold in Manford, a small town north of Memphis. Until Thursday morning, none of the people showed it.

On the same day, many people won small prizes. So, more 20 million people won on the 4 dollar. 73 people won by a million.

As Forum previously wrote, the Powerball lottery jackpot has not been drawn since November 2015. Initially, its size was 40 million dollars. However, due to the lack of a winner, he up to 1 586 billion dollars, becoming the largest jackpot in US history.