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The winner purchased a Powerball ticket and chose the numbers 4, 25, 31, 52, and 59, which turned out to be winning numbers.
Now he has the option to choose: he can receive a lump sum cash payment of $834.9 million or receive the full prize through monthly payments over 30 years.
According to information from Powerball, the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in more than 292 million.
The record win was set in 2022 when California resident Edwin Castro won $2.04 billion, which allowed him to enter the Guinness World Records.
