Unknown winner of a record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball lottery prize has been located in Southern California. Since more than three months had passed since the top reward was won, its worth kept rising. The design was ultimately completed Tuesday morning after being delayed overnight. The delay, according to officials, was caused by issues with how one of the game’s participating lotteries processed sales data.
Protecting the integrity of the draw is of utmost importance
Later, the Minnesota Lottery admitted that the situation was brought on by a glitch in their system for verifying sales.
The delay was unavoidable, according to lottery authorities, because it was crucial to preserve the security of such a big payout.
“Protecting the integrity of the draw is of utmost importance, and we were able to do that during this historic drawing with the cooperation of all participating lotteries,” said Drew Svitko, the chairman of the Powerball Product Group and executive director of the Pennsylvania Lottery.
The lottery winner’s name must be released but all other information must be kept a secret
The winning numbers were 10, 33, 41, 47, and 56 for the white balls, and 10 for the red Powerball. The winning ticket was purchased in Altadena at Joe’s Service Center. The winning ticket’s seller, business owner Joe Chahayed, will be awarded a $1 million Powerball bonus.” I’m genuinely shocked. very ecstatic Very thrilled,” exclaimed Chahayed, hoping a local resident will receive the award.
“I’m very surprised. Very excited. Very happy,” said Chahayed, who hopes someone local has won the prize. “I wish I knew the person but most people who buy tickets from me are from the neighborhood. I hope one of them will be the winner,” he said.
According to California law, the winner’s name must be released but all other information must be kept a secret. Only four prizes have previously exceeded $1 billion, making this the highest lottery prize ever won. Three ticket buyers in 2016 broke the previous record, winning the $1.586 billion grand prize. On August 6, the Powerball began at $20 million and kept going up. The most recent jackpot winner occurred on August 3.