{"id":20686,"date":"2024-04-07T14:16:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T14:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/07\/us-ticketholder-scoops-1-3bn-powerball-jackpot-heres-what-they-could-buy-with-all-that-money\/"},"modified":"2024-04-07T14:16:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T14:16:55","slug":"us-ticketholder-scoops-1-3bn-powerball-jackpot-heres-what-they-could-buy-with-all-that-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/07\/us-ticketholder-scoops-1-3bn-powerball-jackpot-heres-what-they-could-buy-with-all-that-money\/","title":{"rendered":"US ticketholder scoops $1.3bn Powerball jackpot – here’s what they could buy with all that money"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A US lottery winner has scooped a $1.3bn jackpot that had rolled over for more than three months.<\/p>\n

The Powerball jackpot is the eighth largest lottery prize in US history and the sole winner – whose identity has not been revealed – will have it paid out over 30 years if they choose to receive the full amount in instalments.<\/p>\n

If they opt for it in cash, they will receive $608.9m (\u00a3481.8m).<\/p>\n

The $1.3bn (\u00a31bn) prize was scooped by a ticketholder from Oregon who matched all six numbers – which were announced early on Sunday morning as 22, 27, 44, 52 and 69, while the red Powerball was 9.<\/p>\n

US lottery prizes are subject to federal taxes, and many states also tax lottery winnings.<\/p>\n

Until the latest draw, no-one had won Powerball’s top prize since New Year’s Day, amounting to 41 consecutive draws without a jackpot winner, tying a streak set twice before in 2022 and 2021.<\/p>\n

As the prizes grow, the draws attract more ticket sales and the jackpots subsequently become harder to win. The game’s long odds for the draw were one in 292.2 million.<\/p>\n

Powerball is played in 45 states plus Washington DC, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.<\/p>\n

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What can you buy with $1.3bn?<\/p>\n

The eye-watering sum means the winner could purchase a fleet of Gulfstream G550 private jets with plenty of millions to spare – with Business Jet Traveller reporting the planes cost around $48m (\u00a338m).<\/p>\n

If they wanted to purchase a flotilla of Northrop and Johnson yachts, they could so do quite comfortably – with the luxury vessels costing around $135m (\u00a3107m) each.<\/p>\n

They would also have enough to purchase a struggling Premier League football side – with Southampton FC bought for $126m (\u00a3100m) in January 2022 before they were relegated from the top flight.<\/p>\n

However, they would need to win the Powerball rollover jackpot many more times to follow in Elon Musk’s footsteps – with the tech billionaire buying X, formerly known as Twitter, for $44bn (\u00a338bn) in 2022<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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