Someone who purchased a Powerball ticket in Southern California has gained a file $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot after greater than three months with out anybody hitting the highest prize.

The successful numbers drawn Tuesday morning on the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee have been white balls 10, 33, 41, 47 and 56, and the crimson Powerball was 10.

The jackpot ticket was offered at Joe’s Service Center in Altadena, an unincorporated neighborhood within the foothills northeast of Los Angeles. A voicemail left for Joe’s Service Center was not instantly returned.

The jackpot was by far the most important lottery prize ever gained, topping the earlier file $1.586 billion prize gained by three Powerball ticketholders in 2016. Only 4 earlier jackpots have topped $1 billion, however none of these are near the present prize, which began at $20 million again on Aug. 6 and over three winless months has grown large. No one has gained the jackpot since August 3.

The jackpot was initially reported as an estimated $1.9 billion on Monday, however the prize was elevated to $2.04 billion Tuesday morning after up to date calculations.

The Multi-State Lottery Association mentioned Monday evening’s scheduled drawing was delayed by practically 10 hours till Tuesday as a result of a collaborating lottery had points processing gross sales.

The issues in holding a drawing Monday evening have been blamed on one collaborating lottery’s lack of ability to course of its gross sales knowledge. After the lottery, which wasn’t recognized, accomplished its pre-draw procedures, the drawing was in a position to go forward.

“Protecting the integrity of the draw is of upmost importance, and we were able to do that during this historic drawing with the cooperation of all participating lotteries,” mentioned Drew Svitko, the chairman of the Powerball Product Group and govt director of the Pennsylvania Lottery.

Terry Rich, a former director of the Iowa Lottery who additionally served on the Powerball board, mentioned the delay was seemingly on account of a two-part verification system of ticket gross sales that makes use of an outdoor vendor to make sure all is so as earlier than the sport’s numbers are drawn.

“Each state should confirm by way of a twin course of that all the gross sales and {dollars} match earlier than the Multi-State Lottery Association can do the draw,” said Rich, who headed the Iowa Lottery for 10 years and was president of the North American Lottery Association. “This is a state-by-state procedure, which separates the whole process and has been very effective.”

Rich mentioned state lotteries cope with related issues a number of instances a 12 months, however the delays normally do not appeal to a lot consideration as a result of the potential jackpots are far lower than was up for grabs this week.

The successful numbers and recorded video of the drawing have been posted to the Powerball’s YouTube channel.

The $2.04 billion prize is for a winner who chooses an annuity, paid yearly over 29 years. Nearly all winners as an alternative go for money, which was valued at $997.6 million.

The odds of successful the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.

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