A person who has yet to be identified will likely be pocketing the tenth-largest lottery prize in USA history, after lottery officials confirmed a winning Powerball ticket worth $448 million was sold in California Saturday night.
Marietta Liquor and Deli, the Sun City liquor store where a winning Powerball ticket was recently sold.
Saturday's Powerball drawing was the 10th largest lottery prize in USA history.
Saturday's winning numbers were 20, 26, 32, 38 and 58 with a Powerball of 3. It had grown because no one had matched all the numbers since April 1.
The store where the winning ticket was sold will receive a $1 million retailer bonus for selling the ticket.
Powerball is played in 44 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. That prize was split among three winnners. The other option of a lump-sum payout would reduce the cash prize to $279 million.
The owner of the California deli that sold the sole jackpot winning Powerball ticket on Saturday calls the win "unbelievable". Both amounts do not figure in a deduction for taxes.
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The store is just off a highway in an area originally developed as a retirement community.
This year started out tough for Alberre and his father because the father is suffering from pulmonary fibrosis lung disease.
The grand prize in the multi-state USA lottery soared to its highest in months after 19 straight drawings failed to produce a victor.
At the jackpot for Wednesday's drawing there will be $40 million.
Menifee Mayor Neil Winter said he hoped a local resident bought the winning ticket at the store in a heavily visited intersection that has sold winners before but never for so much.
Associated Press writer Scott McFetridge contributed from Des Moines, Iowa.
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