By Todd Northrop
One Powerball lottery ticket sold in California won the seventh-largest lottery prize in U.S. history on Monday night.
The lucky numbers for the $699.8 million jackpot were 12, 22, 54, 66, and 69, with Powerball number 15. The Power Play multiplier was 2. The top prize was adjusted upwards from the initial estimate of $685 million after all proceeds were counted Monday night.
The lump sum payout for the single winning ticket is a jaw-dropping $496 million.
The winning ticket was sold at the Albertsons grocery store at 730 Quintana Road in Morro Bay.
Monday night's Powerball win is the seventh-largest jackpot in history, and the fifth-largest Powerball jackpot. The cash value is the fifth-largest ever awarded. (See the complete top 25 lists below.)
The jackpot winner has the choice to take the $699.8 million paid in 30 graduated payments over 29 years or the $496 million lump sum payment all at once. The annuity payments increase by 5% each year. All prize amounts are subject to federal tax, the results of which can be seen on the Powerball Jackpot Analysis page at USA Mega.
Lottery winners in California cannot claim prizes anonymously, and cannot claim a prize through a trust. The winner has one year in which to claim their jackpot.
The Powerball jackpot had grown since June, when a ticket sold in Florida won a $285.6 million jackpot. The Oct. 4 drawing was the 41st since that last winner, making this the longest jackpot roll in Powerball history.
The Powerball jackpot resets to its starting point of $20 million for Wednesday's drawing.
The odds of hitting Monday's grand prize was 1 in about 292 million. But Powerball says 1 in every 24.87 tickets wins a prize, starting at $4.
In the Monday Powerball drawing, 6 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from Arizona, 1 from Florida, 2 from Massachusetts, 1 from Tennessee, and 1 from Virginia.
Only one of the second-prize winners — the ticket sold in Tennessee — purchased the Power Play option for an extra $1 per play, doubling their prize to $2 million.
Also in the Monday drawing, 71 tickets matched four white numbers plus the Powerball and won $50,000. Of those tickets, 22 were purchased with the Power Play option, increasing the prize to $100,000, and 7 of the tickets were sold in California, where the prize was worth $21,823 this drawing.
When a Powerball ticket is purchased with the Power Play option for an extra $1 per ticket, a second-prize win is doubled and any other non-jackpot prize is multplied by the Power Play number drawn that evening.
Power Play is not available in California, because the fixed nature of the prize increase offered in Power Play is not compatible with California's pari-mutuel payouts.
A full chart of payout amounts and the official drawing video can be found on the Powerball Drawing Detail page at USA Mega, as well as on the Powerball Prize Payouts page at Lottery Post.
The Monday Double Play drawing results were 4, 13, 18, 61, and 63, with Powerball number 17. Double Play is a new game option currently available in 13 states that lets you play your numbers in a second drawing for $1 per play, with a chance to win up to $10 million in cash. See How to Play Powerball at USA Mega for more information about Double Play.
The next Powerball drawing will take place Wednesday night at 10:59 pm Eastern Time.
Powerball is played in 45 states, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Tickets cost $2 each.
Powerball lottery results are published within minutes of the drawing at USA Mega (www.usamega.com). The USA Mega Web site provides lottery players in-depth information about the United States's two biggest multi-state lottery games, Mega Millions and Powerball.
Top 25 United States lottery jackpots of all time
Monday's Powerball jackpot was the 7th-largest lottery jackpot of all time in the United States, and the 5th-largest Powerball jackpot ever.
- Powerball: $1.5864 billion, Jan. 13, 2016 (19 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - California, Florida, Tennessee
- Mega Millions: $1.537 billion, Oct. 23, 2018 (25 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - South Carolina
- Mega Millions: $1.05 billion, Jan. 22, 2021 (36 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Michigan
- Powerball: $768.4 million, Mar. 27, 2019 (25 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Wisconsin
- Powerball: $758.7 million, Aug. 23, 2017 (20 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Massachusetts
- Powerball: $731.1 million, Jan. 20, 2021 (35 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Maryland
- Powerball: $699.8 million, Oct. 4, 2021 (40 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - California
- Powerball: $687.8 million, Oct. 27, 2018 (21 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Iowa, New York
- Mega Millions: $656 million, Mar. 30, 2012 (18 rollovers, starting at $12 million) - Illinois, Kansas, Maryland
- Mega Millions: $636 million, Dec. 17, 2013 (21 rollovers, starting at $12 million) - California, Georgia
- Powerball: $590.5 million, May 18, 2013 (13 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Florida
- Powerball: $587.5 million, Nov. 28, 2012 (15 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Arizona, Missouri
- Powerball: $564.1 million, Feb. 11, 2015 (20 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Texas
- Powerball: $559.7 million, Jan. 6, 2018 (20 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - New Hampshire
- Mega Millions: $543 million, Jul. 24, 2018 (22 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - California
- Mega Millions: $536 million, Jul. 8, 2016 (34 rollovers, starting at $15 million) - Indiana
- Mega Millions: $533 million, Mar. 30, 2018 (23 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - New Jersey
- Mega Millions: $522 million, Jun. 7, 2019 (24 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - California
- Mega Millions: $516 million, May 21, 2021 (26 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Pennsylvania
- Powerball: $487 million, Jul. 30, 2016 (23 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - New Hampshire
- Powerball: $456.7 million, Mar. 17, 2018 (19 rollovers, starting at $15 million) - Pennsylvania
- Mega Millions: $451 million, Jan. 5, 2018 (23 rollovers, starting at $15 million) - Florida
- Powerball: $448.4 million, Aug. 7, 2013 (12 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Minnesota, New Jersey (2)
- Powerball: $447.8 million, Jun. 10, 2017 (19 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - California
- Powerball: $435.3 million, Feb. 22, 2017 (18 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Indiana
The number of jackpots in the top 25, by lottery game, are:
- Powerball: 15
- Mega Millions: 10
Top 25 cash value jackpots
The Monday Powerball jackpot ranks as the 5th-largest cash value in U.S. history.
- Powerball: $983.5 million cash, Jan. 13, 2016 ($1.5864 billion annuity) - California, Florida, Tennessee
- Mega Millions: $877.8 million cash, Oct. 23, 2018 ($1.537 billion annuity) - South Carolina
- Mega Millions: $776.6 million cash, Jan. 22, 2021 ($1.05 billion annuity) - Michigan
- Powerball: $546.8 million cash, Jan. 20, 2021 ($731.1 million annuity) - Maryland
- Powerball: $496 million cash, Oct. 4, 2021 ($699.8 million annuity) - California
- Powerball: $480.5 million cash, Aug. 23, 2017 ($758.7 million annuity) - Massachusetts
- Powerball: $476.9 million cash, Mar. 27, 2019 ($768.4 million annuity) - Wisconsin
- Mega Millions: $471 million cash, Mar. 30, 2012 ($656 million annuity) - Illinois, Kansas, Maryland
- Powerball: $396.2 million cash, Oct. 27, 2018 ($687.8 million annuity) - Iowa, New York
- Powerball: $384.7 million cash, Nov. 28, 2012 ($587.5 million annuity) - Arizona, Missouri
- Powerball: $381.1 million cash, Feb. 11, 2015 ($564.1 million annuity) - North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Texas
- Mega Millions: $378 million cash, Jul. 8, 2016 ($536 million annuity) - Indiana
- Powerball: $370.9 million cash, May 18, 2013 ($590.5 million annuity) - Florida
- Powerball: $352 million cash, Jan. 6, 2018 ($559.7 million annuity) - New Hampshire
- Mega Millions: $347.6 million cash, Dec. 17, 2013 ($636 million annuity) - California, Georgia
- Mega Millions: $349.3 million cash, May 21, 2021 ($516 million annuity) - Pennsylvania
- Mega Millions: $340 million cash, Jun. 7, 2019 ($522 million annuity) - California
- Powerball: $336.8 million cash, Jul. 30, 2016 ($487 million annuity) - New Hampshire
- Mega Millions: $324 million cash, Mar. 30, 2018 ($533 million annuity) - New Jersey
- Mega Millions: $320.5 million cash, Jul. 24, 2018 ($543 million annuity) - California
- Mega Millions: $319.9 million cash, Jun. 9, 2020 ($414 million annuity) - Arizona
- Mega Millions: $314.4 million cash, Sep. 21, 2021 ($431 million annuity) - New York
- Powerball: $284 million cash, May 7, 2016 ($429.6 million annuity) - New Jersey
- Mega Millions: $281.9 million cash, Jan. 5, 2018 ($451 million annuity) - Florida
- Powerball: $279.1 million cash, Jun. 10, 2017 ($447.8 million annuity) - California
The number of jackpot cash values in the top 25, by lottery game, are:
- Powerball: 13
- Mega Millions: 12
Kalipornia always wins
Congrats to the lucky ticket holder!
It wasn't me
Back to work!
Maybe next time
California, New York or Florida is the place to be because those states always gets a winner.
May it be one person, smiling ear to ear!
What a way to start the fall season :)
Congrats !
The Johnny Paycheck song will have to be put on hold for awhile longer.... Back to the grind
Congrats to the lucky ticket purchaser
I would like to say, congrats to that one ticket holder, and you have no idea the hell you gare in for!
$8 on a $20 ticket that a clerk was trying to get rid of in Indiana.
Then it was off to Caesars. Couldn't take the smoke anymore so my friend said let me know when you get off that machine (Lightning Link Best Bet). He gets on and wins $10K!!
BETTOR (sic) next time fellow LP'ers!
I bought 33 power play quick picks for $99.00 and did almost nothing. I wonder how much the winner spent?
I think that they broke the group of tobacco companies in the Netherlands. They are on the way for a non-smoking generation. Can you imagine? You would go to work and no office stinks, no stink in the buses or trains, no trash on the floor, nobody with a darkened voice, less people coughing ... nobody squeezing a burning cigarette on your arm or hand ...
$10000, that's a nice win.
I wonder how the DoublePlay states did. Michigan only got two third prize winners (50k) on a record Jackpot. I wonder if that is because some of the money played got diverted into the DoublePlay game so less tickets were bought overall. Is there an analysis somewhere of how the DoublePlay states did on second and third prizes in the main game?
Congrats to the lucky winner. Enjoy!
Sweet kitty , loves a powerball winner.
40 rollovers is a new record.
I didn't realize that one. awesome.
you absolutely right about that. always get the bigger pies
how come they never say if it was a quick pick or the persons own numbers?
Yep, these states should be kicked out of PB and MM for winning too often. People in those states don't even bother to play their state lotteries bc there are more than a million winners per draw, so even when they all hit a jackpot they all share $2 with each other lol.
They sell hundreds of times more tickets in those states. I am tired of people saying that only the big states win. It makes absolutely no difference where you live as an individual you have the same chance as anyone else does no matter where you buy the ticket.
Give them time. Many times on news them saying 'the player has not come forward yet'...and this is on a weekend! Also folks on the west coast aren't even awake yet, let alone lottery offices closed. It does come out if it was quick pick or not every single time, just takes some research and usually Todd will tell us!
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Lets seeeeeeeeeeeeeee..... California ?? 2 jackpot wins in the top 10 Cash....hmmmm ?? who else ??? Oh Crap Maryland had 2 ...where's NY ??????? BUT...BUT..They have only 1.
.HOW CAN THIS BE ? .. ehh kick them out anyways..just in case...........
Lets seeeeeeeeeee Who else has 1<whistling theme from final Jeopardy> cause they win just as much as NY.....TN, SC, MA, IA,KS,MI, AZ,MS, FL
Now,if we kick them all out for winning just as much as NY does ?? I wonder who we are going to get to replace their $$ input to raise jackpots ???.... ehhhh..No big deal, maybe we can print the money and have it put in there
I agree, scorpio. The CA Lottery's standard press release after a big win could include more info like whether the ticket was a quick pick, and also where the 5+0 and 4+1 prize winners were sold, if any. (On any given PB drawing, there are less than ten 4+1 and 5+0 winners in CA, most of the time fewer than 5.) Players love that kind of info and it's all recorded in the database. I got nothing better to do I might just email them.
I was not a winner
Rigged once again Florida and California always get the big jackpots
Average median home price in Morro Bay California. $830,768.
Just like daddy say, ALL rigged, i agree more now. 1 person only?Not many to share that huge fortune, as if it is so hard
to let many in per state or (multiple states)win it. smh
1 person rather than lottery being kind and letting
12 or more people PER (multiple states)win,
as there is PLENTIFUL to be shared with others spending their hard earned money
to "try and win" a game, that only give it to ONE soul.
4 numbers and PB or 4 numbers + Mega Ball= more happy winner's, who spend money trying to win SMDH.
I'll remain NOT playing it much,and just be a winner happier with winning monthly thousands,
every month or every other month with P4,
better odds $$$ love it. Congrats! Bye now."
Yep. LMFAO
I personally over here,
been saying it for years HA HA! Why not let DOZENS per state or every other few states win 1 million each (5 numbers) or win six figures or heck,even 50,000 or higher(FOUR NUMBERS and POWERBALL or MEGA BALL smh. IT'S CLEAR why not.)Glad i only waste 8 quarters on this rigged game powerball and or mega.yep just 2 little bucks, so no great loss.
Hey Girl.
Your 100% right CHELLE . . MY CALIFORNIA deeply rigged! LMFAO i love it though, my state(excluding dangerous wildfires/earthquakes)
and now East coast for five years or so.)NEW JERSEY always get winner's too regularly, sure do. California too, yep always. LOL
But, yea, i wrote more here today again
, each time i see "1 person win ALL that dough i hear dad, "Cassie,keep winning BETTER ODDS
a fair game $$$ PICK 4, monthly or so, because it's not rigged. LOL " POWERBALL and MEGA=rigged, he is 100% right.
i'm a 30 yr. retired veteran with pension so a hobby is study lotteries at home.vermont has never won a jackpot but there has to be a first time.at least california needs it with all the fires,oil spills,etc. out there without asking for taxpayers money.good luck all.
Albertson's will receive $1 million for selling the lotto ticket. The latest update still did not specify QP or own #'s though.
Because even 20 million is life changing enough for anyone. You are better off winning 20 million instead of 699.8 million if you stop and analyze it. How often does it get that high. So you are going to play 4 times a year to try to win money you couldn't possibly ever spend.