Powerball tickets are proven at a lottery agent, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in Haverhill, Mass.

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Powerball tickets are proven at a lottery agent, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in Haverhill, Mass.

Charles Krupa/AP

ST. LOUIS — A participant in California received a $1.73 billion Powerball jackpot Wednesday night time, ending an extended stretch and not using a winner of the highest prize.

The successful numbers had been: 22, 24, 40, 52, 64 and the Powerball 10.

Before somebody received the large prize, there had been 35 consecutive drawings and not using a massive winner, stretching again to July 19 when a participant in California matched all six numbers and received $1.08 billion.

The jackpot is the world’s second-largest lottery prize after rolling over for 36 consecutive drawings, because the final time somebody received the highest prize on July 19. That streak trails the report of 41 attracts set in 2021 and 2022.

The solely high prize that was ever greater was the $2.04 billion Powerball received by a participant in California final November.

Powerball’s horrible odds of 1 in 292.2 million are designed to generate massive jackpots, with prizes changing into ever bigger as they repeatedly roll over when nobody wins. And wins in latest months have been few and much between.

That did not trouble these desperate to plunk down their cash on Wednesday for a long-shot probability at immediate wealth.

Robert Salvato Jr., a 60-year-old electrician, purchased 40 Powerball tickets at a ironmongery shop in Billerica, Massachusetts.

“I would take care of family and give my cat that extra leg that she needs and make her a good kitty,” stated Salvato, who obtained married on Saturday.

“I could give her a ring on every finger, I guess,” Salvato stated of his new spouse.

Nevada is among the many 5 states with out Powerball, so pals Tamara Carter and Denise Davis drove from Las Vegas throughout the state line into California to purchase tickets. But the road was so lengthy at their first cease that they gave up and went searching for one other retailer.

“The line was about three hours long,” Carter estimated. “I was waiting for maybe a half hour, and it didn’t move.”

The jackpot has grown monumental as a consequence of an extended dry spell. The earlier successful Powerball ticket was offered on July 19, and it was price $1.08 billion after 39 drawings and not using a jackpot win.

At the identical ironmongery shop as Salvato, Kevin Button appeared to know the lengthy odds as he purchased a ticket.

“I only buy them usually when the jackpot’s high,” Button stated. “Seems to have been pretty high quite often lately. So I’ve tried quite a few times and haven’t even won a free ticket. But maybe tonight’s the night.”

In most states, a Powerball ticket prices $2 and gamers can choose their very own numbers or go away that job to a pc.

The $1.73 billion jackpot is for a sole winner who opts for cost by means of an annuity, doled out over 30 years. Winners nearly all the time take the money possibility, which for Wednesday night time’s drawing is estimated at $756.6 million.

Winnings could be topic to federal taxes, and plenty of states additionally tax lottery winnings.

Powerball is performed in 45 states, in addition to Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.