Winning Ticket Sold in Record $2.04 Billion US Lottery
2022-11-09
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1Early reports say one winning ticket for the largest lottery prize in United States history has been sold to someone in Southern California.
2The record jackpot is worth $2.04 billion.
3Lottery officials said the jackpot ticket was sold at a business called Joe's Service Center in Altadena, a community northeast of Los Angeles.
4The latest drawing for the lottery winnings, known as the jackpot, was held Tuesday morning.
5That drawing had been delayed Monday night because of a sales processing problem.
6The lottery is called Powerball.
7It is played by people in 45 U.S. states, as well as Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
8The jackpot was estimated to be $1.9 billion on Monday.
9But the prize was increased to $2.04 billion on Tuesday morning.
10Tuesday's drawing followed one on Saturday that was the 40th in a row without a winner of the big prize.
11The jackpot grows larger each time it goes unclaimed.
12A winning ticket must match all six numbers that are drawn.
13The numbers in the latest drawing were 10, 33, 41, 47, 56 and 10.
14The current jackpot is more than $400 million larger than past record jackpots.
15Only four in the past have been larger than $1 billion, but none of those were close to the current prize.
16The current jackpot started at $20 million on August 6.
17No one has won the jackpot since August 3.
18The $2.04 billion prize is for a winner who chooses to receive yearly payments over 29 years.
19However, nearly all winners instead choose to be paid in cash, which greatly lowers the amount.
20Lottery officials did not immediately provide a value for the one-time cash payment, but it was likely to be around $1 billion.
21The odds of winning the current jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
22The previous record for a Powerball jackpot was set in 2016 when three ticket holders from California, Florida and Tennessee shared a $1.59 billion top prize.
23I'm Bryan Lynn.
1Early reports say one winning ticket for the largest lottery prize in United States history has been sold to someone in Southern California. The record jackpot is worth $2.04 billion. 2Lottery officials said the jackpot ticket was sold at a business called Joe's Service Center in Altadena, a community northeast of Los Angeles. 3The latest drawing for the lottery winnings, known as the jackpot, was held Tuesday morning. That drawing had been delayed Monday night because of a sales processing problem. 4The lottery is called Powerball. It is played by people in 45 U.S. states, as well as Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 5The jackpot was estimated to be $1.9 billion on Monday. But the prize was increased to $2.04 billion on Tuesday morning. 6Tuesday's drawing followed one on Saturday that was the 40th in a row without a winner of the big prize. The jackpot grows larger each time it goes unclaimed. 7A winning ticket must match all six numbers that are drawn. The numbers in the latest drawing were 10, 33, 41, 47, 56 and 10. 8The current jackpot is more than $400 million larger than past record jackpots. Only four in the past have been larger than $1 billion, but none of those were close to the current prize. The current jackpot started at $20 million on August 6. No one has won the jackpot since August 3. 9The $2.04 billion prize is for a winner who chooses to receive yearly payments over 29 years. However, nearly all winners instead choose to be paid in cash, which greatly lowers the amount. Lottery officials did not immediately provide a value for the one-time cash payment, but it was likely to be around $1 billion. 10The odds of winning the current jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. 11The previous record for a Powerball jackpot was set in 2016 when three ticket holders from California, Florida and Tennessee shared a $1.59 billion top prize. 12I'm Bryan Lynn. 13The Associated Press and Reuters reported this story. Bryan Lynn adapted the reports for Learning English. 14___________________________________________________________ 15Words in This Story 16lottery - n. a contest that involves selling number tickets to people who have a chance at winning a prize if their number is chosen 17drawing - n. a competition that is decided by choosing a particular ticket number 18match - v. to be equal in quality or strength 19in a row -phrase following one after the other without anything else in between 20cash - n. money in the form of coins or notes 21odds - n. the probability that something will happen 22_________________________________________________________________ 23What do you think of this story? We want to hear from you. We have a new comment system. Here is how it works: 24Each time you return to comment on the Learning English site, you can use your account and see your comments and replies to them. Our comment policy is here.