Well, what are the odds? Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in California won the $1.7 billion prize Wednesday \u2014 almost three months after someone else in the Golden State won the last jackpot.
There was only one winning ticket in Wednesday\u2019s drawing, according to the game\u2019s website, which reset the jackpot to $20 million.
California Lottery\u2019s website listed the winning ticket sale location as a market in Frazier Park, a small community of around 2,500 in Kern County between Bakersfield and Los Angeles.
The winning numbers drawn Wednesday were 22-24-40-52-64, and the Powerball was 10.
The prize had been rolling over since it was last won in mid-July, when it was $1.08 billion. That winning ticket was\u2002bought\u2002by someone\u2002in downtown Los Angeles.
The total prize rolled over and increased again for Wednesday\u2019s drawing after no one won the $1.5 billion jackpot Monday night.
The $1.765 billion jackpot won Wednesday is the second largest in the game\u2019s history. The biggest Powerball jackpot was $2.04 billion, also won by someone in California, in November.
The odds of winning the top Powerball prize are 1 in 292.2 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n