A fortunate ticketholder has scooped the second largest lottery win ever, banking $1.7bn (£1.4bn) within the Powerball on Wednesday night time.

The successful numbers had been: 22, 24, 40, 52, 64 and the Powerball 10.

The successful ticket was offered at Midway Market & Liquor in Frazier Park, in response to the California Lottery.

The winner, from California, now has the selection of receiving the jackpot in instalments over 30 years or a lump money sum of round $774.1m (£628.3m).

Final ticket gross sales pushed the jackpot past its marketed estimate of $1.73bn to $1.77bn on the time of the draw.

The successful quantity trails solely the $2.04bn sum gained in November final yr, which set a world report.

It got here after rolling over for 36 consecutive drawings, for the reason that final time somebody gained the highest prize of just over $1bn on 19 July – a streak topped solely by the the report 41 attracts set in 2021 and 2022.

The odds of successful are 1 in 292.2 million, which is considerably much less seemingly than being struck by lightning over the following yr – which is 1 in 1.22 million, in response to the US National Weather Service.

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That means jackpot wins are few and much between, however that does not cease hopefuls from shopping for the $2 (£1.60) tickets.

Powerball tickets are offered in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.

More than half of ticket proceeds stay within the jurisdiction the place the ticket was offered.

Powerball drawings are held within the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

Winnings are topic to federal taxes, and plenty of states additionally tax lottery winnings.