USA: Californian wins $2 billion lottery jackpot
This is a world record: the jackpot for a lottery has never been so high. The winning ticket was validated in Altadena. " California Lottery makes its first billionaire!" The $ 2.04 billion Powerball lottery jackpot was won on Tuesday, November 8. The winning ticket was validated in Altadena, north of Los Angeles, specifies Le Parisien . Faced with the influx of players, the draw - the 41st in the series, originally scheduled for Monday - was postponed to Tuesday. The odds of finding the winning numbers and the bonus were only one in 292.2 million. To receive his reward, the winner of the lottery must choose between two options : collect the entire sum (in 30 transfers over 29 years, which is canceled in the event of death) or collect a much lower sum (997 million dollars) all at once. This jackpot exceeds the absolute record of winnings for a single winner, held by the competitor Mega Millions (1.6 billion dollars ...