A single ticket matching all the numbers in Saturday's $590.5 million Powerball drawing was sold at a Zephyrhills, Fla., grocery store, according to lottery officials.
"This would be the sixth Florida Powerball winner and right now, it's the sole winner of the largest ever Powerball jackpot," Florida Lottery executive Cindy O'Connell told Associated Press. "We're delighted right now that we have the sole winner."
The winning numbers in Saturday's drawing were 10, 13, 14, 22, 52,and a Powerball of 11.
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The identity of the lucky ticket holder was not immediately known. O'Connell did not indicate whether anyone had come forward to lottery officials to claim the jackpot.
Earlier estimates had put the jackpot at $600 million, however the Powerball website reflected at adjusted total of $590.5 million, still the largest jackpot in the game's history.
The previous record for a Powerball jackpot was $587.5 million on Nov. 28, 2012.
The odds of winning the top jackpot was 1 in 175.2 million.
Lottery officials said 80 percent of the possible combinations had been purchased, making it likely a ticket would match all five numbers and the winning Powerball.
The person or group holding the ticket will have to decide whether to take an annuity or the lump sum, which comes out to $370,896,780.54.
While there was only one grand prize winner, 31 tickets matched all five numbers, earning those lucky ticket
holders a prize of $1 million each. Two tickets sold in New York and South Carolina were Power Play winners worth $2 million each, according to Powerball officials.
In the one month since California joined the list of 42 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands in playing, Powerball fever has swept across the Golden State and played a part in helping the jackpot swell to a record level, lottery officials said.
The country's most populous state became one of the top ticket sellers, alongside Florida and New York. Lottery officials said total ticket sales had hit $464 million for Saturday's historic drawing.
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