Aug. 24 (UPI) — Wednesday night’s $758 million Powerball jackpot won’t get a chance to grow into the largest in U.S. history.
A single winning ticket for the mega-payout was sold at the Handy Variety convenience store in Watertown, Mass., and the store’s owner said she was “very happy.”
Kamaljeet Kaur, who owns the store with her husband, arrived there with her father-in-law to open it at about 6:30 a.m. on Thursday — and were greeted by reporters.
“I’m just happy … very happy,” Kaur said.
The Handy Variety store is eligible to receive a maximum bonus of $1 million for selling a winning ticket.
Wednesday’s winning Powerball numbers were 6, 7, 16, 23, 26 and 4.
In addition to the single winner in Massachusetts, who has yet to be publicly identified, 40 people won more than $1 million in prizes — 34 got four numbers right and six people matched five numbers.
The jackpot winner will have the option of receiving an immediate lump sum of more than $400 million, or receive the money over a course of 29 years.
Winning the grand prize requires matching all five numbers plus the red Powerball number. If you only match only the Powerball number you win $4 and winners matching more win anywhere between $7 and $1 million.
The jackpot will remain as the overall second-richest in U.S. lottery history — surpassed only by a Powerball payout in January 2016 worth nearly $1.6 billion.
