Remember the $768.4 million Powerball jackpot? Someone won it!

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2019-05-02

Are you one of those people who are reluctant to play the lottery, because you will never win? In your lifetime you can’t name a single friend or family member who has won more than a couple of dollars from their Powerball ticket. You go along with the system begrudgingly, but you know you will never be the lucky one. Truthfully, people DO win the lottery, so don’t rule it out altogether! Stick at it and keep choosing your numbers each week, because everything could turnaround for you overnight.

Winners Do Exist

Do you remember the $768.4 million US Powerball jackpot? Someone won it! This just goes to show that there are winners out there! This draw marked the third largest jackpot that has ever been won in United States history and somebody in Iowa won the whole lot!

It was just a regular Wednesday for most people, but for one lucky winner in Wisconsin, it would forever be a life-changing day. After purchasing just a single ticket, they managed to match all six numbers in the Wednesday night Powerball draw. I mean, how lucky can you get? As a result of strong ticket sales the jackpot soared to approximately $768.4 million when the draw took place. And all those millions went to ONE person.

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The Winning Numbers

Choosing your lotto numbers is probably one of the most important aspects of playing the lottery. However, that one winner wasn’t expecting their quick decisions to turn into big bucks. The winning numbers on that life-changing day were:

16, 20, 37, 44, 62

Powerball number: 12

If only you could have chosen those numbers!

The prize of $768.4 million isn’t even the largest in history. This comes just behind the record-breaking $1.568 billion Powerball jackpot that was shared by 3 winners in 2016. 1 in Tennessee, 1 in California and 1 in Florida. The second biggest prize was won by somebody in South Carolina. This big win was the $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot.

Making Dreams Come True

The 2019 Powerball jackpot winner is a lucky cookie. As David Barden, Powerball Product Group chairman and New Mexico Lottery CEO mentioned in a statement:

“A jackpot of this size can make many dreams come true – not just for the winner, but for all Lottery beneficiaries and the lucky state of Wisconsin.”

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Keep Choosing Your Numbers

Regards of lottery odds, there will always be one lucky winner – and that winner could be you! Keep choosing your numbers and you never know what could happen. Powerball is played in 44 states as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S Virgin Islands and Washington D.C. Thanks to online lotteries, the world can play one of the most popular American games in the world! So why not join them? Your lucky moment could be just around the corner – and so could your millions!

This article forms part of our Powerball Resource Centre.