The winner of the largest Powerball jackpot in North America

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Lottery Powerball will pay out the largest individual jackpot in North America - $758,7 million.

The lucky ticket was sold at the store. Handy variety in Watertown, Massachusetts, writes CNN.

The winning numbers were 6, 7, 16, 23, 26, and Powerball — 4. The winner of the prize was 53-year-old hospital employee in Chicopee, Massachusetts, Mavis Uanchik, writes USA Today.

According to Vanchik, she expected to retire only after 12 years, but after winning, she decided not to return to work anymore.

However, the winner will not receive the full amount, since lottery winnings are subject to income tax - 39,6%.

It is possible to receive $ 758,7 million only if the winner decides to collect the winnings in the form of 30 annual payments. But most of the winners prefer to take the winnings in the form of a lump sum payment. In this case, Vanchik will receive $ 480,5 million.

The winner in this draw was not one person. There are a lot of people who won 1 a million dollars for five numbers that didn’t match Powerball. Minor prizes go up to $ 4 winnings for those who only have one number matched. A total of $ 135 million prize money falls to 9,4 million players who did not win the jackpot. But experience shows that many winners of secondary prizes never come for their winnings, because they do not understand what they have won.

Shop owner Handy variety in Watertown will receive $ 50 000 for selling a ticket that won the jackpot, and owners of points of sale that sold tickets that won a million will be awarded $ 10 000 each.

In 2017, the other two jackpots Powerball exceeded the amount of $400 million. In June, the prize was won in the amount of $448 million, and in February - $435 million.

The only jackpot that exceeded 1 billion dollars was announced in January 2016 by the lottery Powerball and made 1,6 billion dollars. But then the winners were three people, so the individual winnings of each were less than in this draw.

Билеты Powerball and Mega Millions available in all US states except Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada and Utah.

The odds of losing all six winning numbers are currently about one per 292 million.

This means that instead of winning the lottery, you will most likely be killed by an asteroid (chances are 1 on 700 000), struck by lightning (1 on 183 million) or give birth to four twins (1 on 729 000).

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