One Oregon lottery ticket wins first Powerball jackpot of the year worth $328.5 million

Jan 20, 2025, 2:22 pm (8 comments)

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First Powerball jackpot of 2025 goes to one lucky winner in Oregon

By Kate Northrop

BEAVERTON, Oreg. — One Oregon lottery player became the first Powerball jackpot winner of the year, laying sole claim to a multi-million-dollar prize worth a hefty $328.5 million Saturday night.

The multi-state Powerball lottery game produced its first winner of 2025 from Oregon on Saturday, Jan. 18, which resulted in a single ticket worth $328.5 million in 30 payments over 29 years or $146.4 million in cash all at once.

Oregon Lottery officials said the winning ticket was purchased at a retailer in Beaverton in the 97006 zip code — an area just 15 minutes west of Portland. The ticket matched all five white balls drawn — 14, 31, 35, 64, and 69 — along with the red Powerball number 23 to win the jackpot.

Due to "security protocols," the Oregon Lottery will typically not reveal the location of the retailer where the winning ticket was sold, and it will not be announced until a winner has come forward.

Whoever is holding the lucky ticket for Saturday night's drawing has one year from the draw date to come forward to submit a claim. However, the Lottery advises, the verification process will "take time."

"Once a claimant comes forward, it will take time before a winner can be identified due to security and payment processes," the Lottery said in a statement.

Because Oregon does not allow winners to claim anonymously, we will eventually find out who the big winner is. Hopefully they follow Lottery Post's guide for lottery winners and get a good plan together before claiming the prize.

The Oregon winner will also have a bit of taxes due on their prize, with both federal and state taxes due on the windfall. Oregon's 9.9% state income tax makes the tax bill higher than most other states, resulting in either $175.7 million over 29 years or $77.8 million in cash.

The complete tax breakdown can be found at USA Mega's Jackpot Analysis page, which provides state-by-state calculations of federal and state taxes due on each lottery jackpot, even adjusting for various tax filing statuses.

Approximately a third of ticket sales from the game will be returned to state beneficiaries to support economic development, education, veteran services, state parks, and more, the Lottery said in a press release.

The Saturday Double Play drawing results were 7, 34, 40, 48, and 57, with Powerball number 17. Double Play is a game option currently available in 18 states that lets you play your numbers in a second drawing for an extra $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. Double Play is not currently available in Oregon.

Last April, one ticket worth $1.3 billion, the fourth-largest lottery prize in the game's history, was claimed jointly by three winners represented by 46-year-old Cheng "Charlie" Saephan. It was the biggest prize ever awarded in Oregon.

The Oregon Lottery recommends signing the back of your ticket to ensure you can claim your prize, and that jackpot winners should consult with a trusted financial planner or similar professional to develop a plan for the winnings.

You can view Lottery Post's video on what signing the back of the ticket legally entails and how it affects your prize claims.

Aside from the Oregon winner, there were dozens of other significant winners in the drawing. One ticket from Michigan matched all white ball numbers to win a $1 million prize, which was doubled to $2 million since it held the Power Play option.

A total of 17 tickets matched four of the first five numbers plus the Powerball to win a $50,000 prize. Of those tickets, three were purchased with the Power Play option, increasing the prize to $100,000.

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 multiplied by the Power Play number drawn that evening. A complete list of prizes available for matching various numbers can be found on the Powerball Drawing Detail page at USA Mega, as well as on the Powerball Prize Payouts and the Powerball Double Play Prize Payouts pages at Lottery Post.

The official drawing videos can also be found on the Powerball Drawing Detail page at USA Mega.

The Power Play option is not available in California, because the fixed nature of the prize increase offered with the Power Play is not compatible with California's pari-mutuel payouts.

The next Powerball drawing will take place Monday night at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time with the jackpot amount reset to its starting point of $20 million.

Powerball is currently offered for sale in 45 states, plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are Mondays, 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 website provides lottery players in-depth information about the United States' two biggest multi-state lottery games, Mega Millions and Powerball.

Lottery Post Staff

Comments

Bleudog101

Congratulations to whoever (or whomever group) that won this!

Finally going to do it.    After both of these huge jackpots I'm joining the bandwagon.   My start to play again is lower than most LP members----$50 million.   Sure $20 million would be nice, but tired of feeding the coffers and not even $1`0 won.

ShagE3

Your a bett(or) person than me Bleu ...... I'm not gonna play again for some time .... .until it ie mm and/or pb reaches around $200 mil.

Of course I am thankful to those of you who help to build the jackpot up to my entry figure.

Let it be known tho' that when I jump in at $200 mil I will still buy one ticket per every 200 mil increase so I kind of make up for not being in it from the beginning by purchasing 5 tickets when it reaches 1 bil and 10 tickets if it reaches 2 bil

For now tho it's back to 1 lucky 4 life twice a week on Monday and Thursday and my states megabucks when it reaches 5 mil

Good day bettors!

ShagE 

 

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JustMaybe

I totally feel you Bleudog101 and ShagE3.

When both jackpots got won back to back, I was like oh boy, here we go.

I have my jackpot entry point set at USD 1,000,000 and all I need to do is match 5 numbers.

I also add the extra $1 and make my minimum win $2M at least.

I totally get the feeling when the jackpot gets won and it's not my ticket, but such is life.

I wish us well and I hope I get to match at least 5 numbers tonight on the PB draw 🙏

dickblow

one winner again when the jackpot gets big la da la da

ShagE3

Quote: Originally posted by JustMaybe on Jan 20, 2025

I totally feel you Bleudog101 and ShagE3.

When both jackpots got won back to back, I was like oh boy, here we go.

I have my jackpot entry point set at USD 1,000,000 and all I need to do is match 5 numbers.

I also add the extra $1 and make my minimum win $2M at least.

I totally get the feeling when the jackpot gets won and it's not my ticket, but such is life.

I wish us well and I hope I get to match at least 5 numbers tonight on the PB draw 🙏

Just Maybe ..,. didn't you mean to say 1 bil not 1 mil?

JustMaybe

Quote: Originally posted by ShagE3 on Jan 20, 2025

Just Maybe ..,. didn't you mean to say 1 bil not 1 mil?

No, I meant 1 million, hahahaha, that is what you get for matching 5 numbers.

It is super hard to match all the six, so I give it a shot at 1M, that way I am not so disappointed.

Of course with MM the extra $1 could be 2,3,4 or even 5M.

I mean, 5M is not bad in any way, I will take it with both hands.

ShagE3

Quote: Originally posted by JustMaybe on Jan 20, 2025

No, I meant 1 million, hahahaha, that is what you get for matching 5 numbers.

It is super hard to match all the six, so I give it a shot at 1M, that way I am not so disappointed.

Of course with MM the extra $1 could be 2,3,4 or even 5M.

I mean, 5M is not bad in any way, I will take it with both hands.

You are a better person than me ..... very reasonable and wayyyyyy less greedy than I 

Shame on me!

Ha ha ha

ShagE3

JustMaybe

Quote: Originally posted by ShagE3 on Jan 20, 2025

You are a better person than me ..... very reasonable and wayyyyyy less greedy than I 

Shame on me!

Ha ha ha

ShagE3

Hahaha no need to feel any shame. We all would want to win the billion dollar jackpot, me too.

So someone won 1M in Texas in the 1/20 PB draw. Well if they had added the extra $1 that would have been 2M.

At the top federal tax rate 37% they would be left with 1,260,000. No state tax.

10 year Treasury yield is 4.56%

So that's a cool 57,456 a year.

On average 4,788 a month before taxes.

It's not a crazy amount, no Lamborghini or Bucatti, but 4K a month would take care of a lot.

That is how I see it 😊

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