Powerball winning ticket sold in Arizona worth of $473 million

The winning numbers were: 11, 36, 61, 62,68, and Powerball 4. It was not immediately revealed where in Arizona the winning ticket was sold or the identity of the individual.

The winner also has the cash option of $283.3 million. One ticket sold in Indiana matched all five white balls to win $1 million. Ticket purchasers have a 1 in about 25 chance of winning a prize, but a lofty 1 in 292,201,338 chance of winning the jackpot, according to Powerball.

The Powerball jackpot last hit in Connecticut in the Feb. 14 drawing, when a single ticket got a lucky winner $185.3 million, according to Powerball.

Powerball holds the world record for the largest jackpot of $1.586 billion which was shared by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee in 2016.

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