A resident of South California became a billionaire after he won a record jackpot in the Powerball lottery, Euronews reports.
2 billion 40 million-such an amount before taxes should receive a happy ticket at a carfsp in Altaden to the northeast of Los Angeles. Its owner will also receive the maximum bonus of $ 1 million.
The name of the winner is still unknown, but according to the rules of the state of California, it must be made public.
The happy owner of the winning ticket has a choice: get a one -time amount of $ 997.6 million in cash or receive the entire amount in the form of 29 annual payments.
The Power Ball previous record was set in 2016, when the three owners of tickets from California, Florida and Tennessesse shared the main prize of $ 1.59 billion.