Bad news for Powerball hopefuls this week. Someone one last night’s Powerball lottery game, meaning that new totals have dropped. Check the report below for results on the last win and the new game totals.
The current Powerball lottery website crawl, reflects the win, writing:
“There was one winner sold by the California Lottery for the last drawing's $60,000,000 grand prize.”
That means that the new totals have dropped down to to a measly $40 million. By comparison the Mega Millions lottery has reached $58 million, and the ticket price is half of that cost. So if you are you looking for a place to drop a buck this week, you might want to decide to go with the Mega Millions lottery.
However, the Powerball lottery website is reporting on a different winner, writing:
“$259.8 MILLION POWERBALL WINNER CLAIMS PRIZE!
“After what seemed like an eternity but what was in fact a mere 22 days, the winner of the largest jackpot in Tennessee Lottery history came forward today to claim his $259.8 million Powerball prize won from the drawing held June 11.
“Amid TV cameras and cheers from an enthusiastic crowd of well-wishers at Lottery headquarters in Nashville, Knoxville Roy Cockrum, 58, stood for pictures with Lottery President and CEO Rebecca Hargrove and the traditional oversized winner's "check" after presenting his winning ticket earlier to Lottery officials.
“According to Roy Cockrum, the realization that he had won the jackpot "literally knocked me to my knees. My prayer was simple—'Lord have Mercy'! But life goes on, so I picked myself up, put the winning ticket in my wallet and went to pick up my mother." He added that soon thereafter, he sought financial counsel on how best to handle his windfall."
“Roy Cockrum chose to receive the prize as a lump-sum rather than an annuitized payment. The cash value of the $259.8 million jackpot is $153.5 million.”
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