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The USA is in a frenzy: a single person won a huge prize of 2.04 billion dollars in the American lottery lottery “Powerball” – this was reported now (Tuesday) in the media in the USA, a few hours after the lottery was held. At this time the identity of the lucky winner is unknown, but it is said that the winning ticket was sold in the state of California.
In the lottery that took place today, the following numbers were drawn: 10, 33, 41, 47, and 56. The “Powerball” number that gave the winner the grand prize was 10. The draw was originally supposed to take place yesterday, but it was postponed to today due to a technical malfunction in the lottery machines.
The prize awarded is a new record for the largest prize in history, surpassing the previous record of $1.58 billion awarded in 2016. The huge prize was accumulated after no one guessed all the numbers for 40 consecutive draws since last August.
The lucky winner will have to decide now whether he wants to receive all the money in annual payments that will span 30 years, or alternatively “make do” with one payment of about 997 million dollars “only”. This is a regular practice in lotteries in the US, where the winners are encouraged to spread their winnings so that they don’t spend everything quickly and fall into financial debt. Other beneficiaries are the tax authorities in the US, who are expected to deduct millions of dollars from the winnings to the state coffers.
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