Powerball player wins second-largest prize in history

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The Powerball jackpot-winning ticket worth $1.76 billion, the game’s second-largest prize, was sold in California Wednesday night.

The winning numbers were 22, 24, 40, 52, 64, and the red Powerball 10.

The life-changing ticket was sold at Midway Market & Liquors in Frazier Park, Calif., located 75 miles north of Los Angeles.

The new billionaire is believed to be a local Frazier Park resident who visits the store every day to “religiously” play the lottery.

Duke Midway Market & Liquors

“There’s people that come in every day to get their tickets, we know them by name and I’m sure someone’s gonna be screaming up and down.”

Duke Midway Market & Liquors

“They come in every day to get their tickets religiously and a lot of them said, ‘Oh if I win, I’m gonna get you a new truck,’ so where’s my truck I’ll be waiting.”

It is the fifth time that Powerball’s grand prize was won this year.

The newest jackpot winner could either receive the estimated $1.76 billion jackpot in 30 incremental payments over 29 years or outright claim a $774.1 million cash prize.

The odds of a ticketholder matching all five numbers plus the red Powerball is an astronomical 1 in 292,201,338.

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