Winning ticket for $743 million Powerball lottery sold in Florida
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Buy SPH photosDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - One single ticket in Florida has matched all the numbers to win the highest Powerball lottery jackpot in history at an estimated US$590.5 million (S$743 million), officials said early Sunday.
The lone winner was sold at a supermarket in Zephyrhills, Florida, according to Florida Lottery executive Cindy O'Connell. She told The Associated Press by telephone that more details would be released later.
The winner was not immediately identified publicly and she did not give any indication hours after Saturday's drawing whether anyone had already stepped forward with the ticket.
With four out of every five possible combinations of numbers in the multistate lottery in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars - and that's after taxes. Saturday night's winning numbers were 10, 13, 14, 22 and 52, with a Powerball of 11.
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The winning Powerball number is shown after being drawn at the Florida Lottery studio in Tallahassee on May 18, 2013. One single ticket in Florida has matched all the numbers to win the highest Powerball lottery jackpot in history at an estimated US$590.5 million (S$743 million), officials said early Sunday, May 19, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Host Sam Arlen speaks as the Powerball number (right) is about to be chosen at the Florida Lottery studio in Tallahassee on May 18, 2013. One single ticket in Florida has matched all the numbers to win the highest Powerball lottery jackpot in history at an estimated US$590.5 million (S$743 million), officials said early Sunday, May 19, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A monitor at a gas station shows the jackpot for the next Powerball lottery in Bethesda, Maryland on May 18, 2013. One single ticket in Florida has matched all the numbers to win the highest Powerball lottery jackpot in history at an estimated US$590.5 million (S$743 million), officials said early Sunday, May 19, 2013. -- FILE PHOTO: AFP
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Customers select numbers before purchasing Powerball tickets in San Francisco, California on May 17, 2013. One single ticket in Florida has matched all the numbers to win the highest Powerball lottery jackpot in history at an estimated US$590.5 million (S$743 million), officials said early Sunday, May 19, 2013. -- FILE PHOTO: AFP
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Justin Wilson plays with his twin brother Jayden, as people wait in line to buy Powerball tickets outside Bluebird liquor store in Hawthorne, California on May 17, 2013. One single ticket in Florida has matched all the numbers to win the highest Powerball lottery jackpot in history at an estimated US$590.5 million (S$743 million), officials said early Sunday, May 19, 2013. -- FILE PHOTO: AP
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Brianwa Flores (left) and Katie Cosentino from Illinois State Lottery greet hockey fans before Game Two of an NHL hockey play-off Western Conference semi-final in Chicago on May 18, 2013. One single ticket in Florida has matched all the numbers to win the highest Powerball lottery jackpot in history at an estimated US$590.5 million (S$743 million), officials said early Sunday, May 19, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
The winning Powerball number is shown after being drawn at the Florida Lottery studio in Tallahassee on May 18, 2013. One single ticket in Florida has matched all the numbers to win the highest Powerball lottery jackpot in history at an estimated US$590.5 million (S$743 million), officials said early Sunday, May 19, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Host Sam Arlen speaks as the Powerball number (right) is about to be chosen at the Florida Lottery studio in Tallahassee on May 18, 2013. One single ticket in Florida has matched all the numbers to win the highest Powerball lottery jackpot in history at an estimated US$590.5 million (S$743 million), officials said early Sunday, May 19, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A monitor at a gas station shows the jackpot for the next Powerball lottery in Bethesda, Maryland on May 18, 2013. One single ticket in Florida has matched all the numbers to win the highest Powerball lottery jackpot in history at an estimated US$590.5 million (S$743 million), officials said early Sunday, May 19, 2013. -- FILE PHOTO: AFP
Customers select numbers before purchasing Powerball tickets in San Francisco, California on May 17, 2013. One single ticket in Florida has matched all the numbers to win the highest Powerball lottery jackpot in history at an estimated US$590.5 million (S$743 million), officials said early Sunday, May 19, 2013. -- FILE PHOTO: AFP
Justin Wilson plays with his twin brother Jayden, as people wait in line to buy Powerball tickets outside Bluebird liquor store in Hawthorne, California on May 17, 2013. One single ticket in Florida has matched all the numbers to win the highest Powerball lottery jackpot in history at an estimated US$590.5 million (S$743 million), officials said early Sunday, May 19, 2013. -- FILE PHOTO: AP
Brianwa Flores (left) and Katie Cosentino from Illinois State Lottery greet hockey fans before Game Two of an NHL hockey play-off Western Conference semi-final in Chicago on May 18, 2013. One single ticket in Florida has matched all the numbers to win the highest Powerball lottery jackpot in history at an estimated US$590.5 million (S$743 million), officials said early Sunday, May 19, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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