The Powerball drawn on the night of Wednesday, January 13th was the largest Powerball Jackpot in the lottery’s history, totaling $1.5 billion. After taxes, the person with the winning numbers can expect to take home close to $800 million.
Typically, once everyone gets over the shock of learning they won’t be the ones spending the Grand Prize money, they immediately want to know everything about the lucky Powerball winner. Or in this case, winners.
Here’s what we do know.
The winning Powerball numbers were: 8, 27, 34, 4, 19 and the Powerball of 10. Three people from three different states won: one person from California, Tennessee and Florida. Almost immediately after the drawing, the California Lottery announced they had a winner.
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Historically, Chino Hills in San Bernardino, CA is one of the richer areas of the state but that doesn’t mean that a millionaire won. At least that’s what we’re hoping. It’s entirely plausible that someone in the working or middle class bought a ticket on their way home from work.
As of yet, the winners haven’t come forward to claim their prize, but we’re hoping that they know what they’re getting themselves into. In the past, previous Powerball winners haven’t been able to keep a cool head on their shoulders.
