After a streak of 35 Powerball drawings without a winner, someone finally hit all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing worth $1.765 billion.
This was the fourth time Powerball's jackpot topped $1 billion. In all four instances, a winning ticket was sold in California. Powerball also has prizes ranging from $4 to $2 million, and the odds of winning a smaller prize are about 1 in 25. There were nearly 5.3 million winning tickets for smaller prizes on Wednesday. Among the smaller prizes, seven tickets on Wednesday hit all five white balls, which pays out at least $1 million.
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