The winning ticket was purchased in July 2023 by Yanira Alvarez in downtown Los Angeles.
Her win ended a 39-draw jackpot run for Powerball and was the first of two back-to-back billion-dollar winning tickets sold in Southern California last year.
Alvarez had the option of receiving the $1.08 billion jackpot in 30 installments or a lump sum payment of $558.1 million. She chose to receive the lump sum.
Her prize is the sixth largest in United States history and the third largest in Powerball’s history, according to lottery officials.
About three months after Alvarez’s big win, a group of people hit for $1.7 billion on a Powerball ticket.
Powerball tickets are $2 and drawings take place every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 8 p.m. PT.
Officials on Friday identified the Californian who won the $1.08bn Powerball jackpot last year, satisfying a requirement under state law. Yanira Alvarez won what was Powerball's third-largest jackpot ever after buying a ticket at Las Palmitas Mini Market in downtown Los Angeles, officials revealed.
The Southern California winner of last summer's $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot has been revealed on Friday. The winning ticket was purchased in July 2023 by Yanira Alvarez at the Las Palmitas Mini Market located at 1205 Wall Street in downtown Los Angeles near the Skid Row neighborhood.
The California Lottery announced Friday the winner of last summer's Powerball jackpot worth $1.08 billion. Lottery officials said Yanira Alvarez is the lucky lady who matched all the numbers with the ticket purchased at Las Palmitas Mini Market in downtown Los Angeles in July.
The winner of a $1.35bn Mega Millions jackpot, one of the biggest lotto prizes in American history, is the target of a new lawsuit alleging he stiffed his family out of their promised portion of the funds.
SALEM, Ore. — Cheng “Charlie” Saephan wore a broad smile and a bright blue sash emblazoned with the words “Iu-Mien USA” as he hoisted an oversized check for $1.3 billion above his head.
State law dictates that lottery players in Oregon cannot remain anonymous, but there are exceptions — for example, if the winner lives in a domestic violence situation. Nothing is known about the winner at this point. The ticket was bought Saturday at a Plaid Pantry in Northeast Portland.
Cheng "Charlie" Saephan represented a trio of winners Monday afternoon at Oregon Lottery headquarters in Salem, reading a statement and answer questions from the media. Saephan and his friend Laiza Chao went in together on the winning ticket. Saephan said he is splitting his half with his wife, Duapen Saephan.
Yanira Alvarez won the $1.08 billion jackpot in July 2023 after visiting Las Palmitas Mini Market in downtown Los Angeles, lottery officials said. When Alvarez won the jackpot, the Powerball had held 39 straight drawings without a winner.
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — The Southern California winner of last summer's $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot has come forward. The winning ticket was purchased in July 2023 by Yanira Alvarez in downtown Los Angeles.
7, 2022, record drawing for what was then a $1.9 billion prize. Final ticket sales pushed the grand total to $2.04 billion. After months of vetting through the California Lottery, Castro officially claimed his grand prize on Valentine's Day, Feb.14, 2023.
The California Lottery officials stood by their comprehensive vetting process and backed Castro as the legitimate winner. Edwin Castro's story is a reminder of the life-altering effects of such a massive lottery win.
Theodorus Struyck, 65, who goes by Theo, is one of the Powerball winners whose identity was disclosed. Struyck was a part of a group of winners who bought a ticket at Midway Market in Frazier Park, about 47 miles south of Bakersfield.
4 Powerball draw worth nearly $700 million, according to the California Lottery. Scott Godfrey was the ultra-lucky person who walked into a Morro Bay Albertsons supermarket and bought 10 Quick Picks, one of which matched all six Powerball numbers drawn on that fateful day.
Three months later, another Californian, Theodorus Struyck, was part of a group that claimed the $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot. Struyck, the lottery revealed earlier this month, purchased the winning ticket at a retailer in Frazier Park in October 2023, after the Powerball jackpot had grown for 36 straight drawings.
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