Somebody who purchased a Powerball ticket in Southern California has received a document $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot after greater than three months with out anybody hitting the highest prize.

The successful numbers had been chosen Tuesday morning, almost 10 hours after the scheduled Monday night time drawing due to issues processing gross sales knowledge at one of many sport’s member lotteries. Lottery officers acknowledged the unprecedented delay for such a high-profile drawing however stated the sport’s safety course of took priority.

“Defending the integrity of the draw is of upmost significance, and we had been in a position to try this throughout this historic drawing with the cooperation of all taking part lotteries,” stated Drew Svitko, the chairman of the Powerball Product Group and govt director of the Pennsylvania Lottery.

The successful numbers drawn Tuesday morning on the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee had been: white balls 10, 33, 41, 47 and 56, and the purple Powerball was 10.

The jackpot ticket was bought at Joe’s Service Middle in Altadena, an unincorporated group within the foothills northeast of Los Angeles. A voicemail left for Joe’s Service Middle was not instantly returned.

For promoting the successful ticket, Joe’s Service Middle will obtain a most Powerball bonus of $1 million.

The $2.04 billion jackpot was by far the most important lottery prize ever received, topping the earlier document $1.586 billion prize received by three Powerball ticketholders in 2016. Solely 4 earlier jackpots have topped $1 billion, however none of these are near the present prize, which began at $20 million again on Aug. 6 and has grown over three winless months. Nobody has received the jackpot since Aug. 3.

The jackpot was initially reported as an estimated $1.9 billion on Monday, however the prize was elevated to $2.04 billion Tuesday morning after up to date calculations.

The Multi-State Lottery Affiliation stated the scheduled drawing was delayed from 10:59 p.m. EST Monday to eight:57 EST a.m. Tuesday as a result of a taking part lottery wasn’t in a position to course of its gross sales knowledge. After the lottery, which wasn’t recognized, accomplished its pre-draw procedures, the drawing was in a position to go forward.

Terry Wealthy, a former director of the Iowa Lottery who additionally served on the Powerball board, stated the delay was probably attributable to a two-part verification system of ticket gross sales that makes use of an out of doors vendor to make sure all is so as earlier than the sport’s numbers are drawn.

“Every state should confirm by a twin course of that the entire gross sales and {dollars} match earlier than the Multi-State Lottery Affiliation can do the draw,” stated Wealthy, who headed the Iowa Lottery for 10 years and was president of the North American Lottery Affiliation. “It is a state-by-state process, which separates the entire course of and has been very efficient.”

Wealthy stated state lotteries cope with related issues a number of instances a yr however the delays often don’t entice a lot consideration as a result of the potential jackpots are far lower than was up for grabs this week.

The successful numbers and recorded video of the drawing had been posted to the Powerball’s YouTube channel.

The $2.04 billion prize is for a winner who chooses an annuity, paid yearly over 29 years. Practically all winners as an alternative go for money, which was valued at $997.6 million.

The percentages of successful the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.

The sport is performed in 45 states, in addition to Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.