 has been claimed by a lottery winner in California in a historic and record-breaking win. The Powerball winner was announced to have won Tuesday morning's delayed drawA winner in California is reported to have landed the dream prize After three months without a winner, a lucky ticket holder in California has bagged an incredible $2.04 billion ($1.76 billion) Powerball prize win. The winning numbers were white balls 10, 33, 41, 47 and 56, while the red Powerball was 10. It is not yet clear if any more winners have also won the prize and if it will be split as a result. Powerball's original figure of a $1.9 billion (£1.65 billion) win was a previous jackpot estimate and eventually upped to the current $2.04 billion prize. It is the highest ever total the lottery has recorded and there have been 40 consecutive draws without a winner since August 3. Players from across the US and the world were hopeful of winning the record jackpot ( Getty Images) Winners have the choice of receiving their prize in the form of a lower cash prize, currently at least $929 million (£808 million). This figure is based on the previous draw estimate. Successful ticket holders can opt for the larger prize, but must receive this in annuity payments for the next 29 years. This would see a winner receive around $70 million (£61 million) every year until 2051. The final draw was drawn on Tuesday morning at the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee after a delay due to technical problems. Monday night's draw was delayed by ten hours until Tuesday morning after one of the 48 states allowed to take part was late in processing the number of people playing and the tickets sold. The prize reached $1.6 billion (£1.39 billion) in early November, before rising again ( John Angelillo/UPI/REX/Shutterstock) MUSL said: "Powerball has stringent security requirements to protect the integrity of the game and remains committed to holding a drawing that gives all p){kind=link}
A prize of over £2.04 billion (£1.76 billion) has been claimed by a lottery winner in California in a historic and record-breaking win. The Powerball winner was announced to have won Tuesday morning’s delayed draw
After three months without a winner, a lucky ticket holder in California has bagged an incredible $2.04 billion ($1.76 billion) Powerball prize win.
The winning numbers were white balls 10, 33, 41, 47 and 56, while the red Powerball was 10. It is not yet clear if any more winners have also won the prize and if it will be split as a result.
Powerball’s original figure of a $1.9 billion (£1.65 billion) win was a previous jackpot estimate and eventually upped to the current $2.04 billion prize.
It is the highest ever total the lottery has recorded and there have been 40 consecutive draws without a winner since August 3.