A ticket with all six numbers in Monday evening’s Powerball drawing was sold at a supermarket in Dana Point and the player has the option of receiving the $44 million jackpot in 30 installments or a $21.9 million lump sum payment before federal taxes.
The numbers drawn on Monday were 1, 2, 15, 23, and 28 and the Powerball number was 10.
The drawing was the third since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, was sold in Nebraska and is worth $1 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number is 1 in 292.2 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.9.
The Powerball game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.
The jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing will be $20 million.
–City News Service
