Single lottery ticket wins 699.8 million US dollars (€603 million approx.) as first prize in California. The ticket sold by Poweball Lottery got the 7th highest prize in US lottery history by matching all six numbers in the draw. The winning numbers are 12, 22, 54, 66 and 69. The Powerball was 15.
The result came out in the 41st draw after nobody won the grand prize in all 40 previous draws.
According to a tweet by the company, the winner is from Morro Bay.
If the game goes longer without a winner in each draw, so grows the prize. No one had won the first prize since June 5 and it made the prize even go higher.
The Powerball is played in 45 states plus Washington DC, the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.