Powerballing to victory!
A Powerball jackpot-winning ticket worth $1.33 billion was sold in Oregon following a drawing that was pushed back more than three hours due to “pre-draw procedures” on Saturday night.
The winning numbers were 22, 27, 44, 52, 69 and the red Powerball 9.
The lucky winning ticket holder can choose between the $1.33 billion prize paid out over 29 years or the one-time lump sum of $621 million.
The win was the fourth largest in the game’s history.
The results of the massive win were delayed several hours after one participating lottery needed “additional time to complete required pre-draw procedures, which have been enacted to protect the security and integrity of the Powerball game.”
The drawing took place around 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning instead of the typical 11 p.m.
The delay sparked some outrage on social media with players speculating the lottery was cheating.
It takes the astronomical odds of 1 in 292,201,338 to win the Powerball grand prize.
The Powerball jackpot was last won on Jan. 1 at a Michigan supermarket and went 40 consecutive drawings without a winner.
A lucky lottery player in Michigan correctly matched all six numbers on the first day of the new year, winning the $842 million grand prize.
The winner played at the Food Castle grocery store in Grand Blanc, Mich. and was the first person in the game’s history to win the Powerball jackpot on New Year’s Day.
It was the eighth-largest jackpot in history at the time of the winning.
