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There has been no winner in the US Powerball lottery since the beginning of August. This has now changed. One lucky winner won the jackpot, which totaled a whopping $2.04 billion. There has never been a higher jackpot in history.

The winning ticket was bought in the American state of California, the organizers announced on Tuesday. The numbers on it: 10, 33, 41, 47, 56 and as an additional number 10. According to the Multi-State Lottery Association, the odds of hitting exactly these numbers were 1 in 292.2 million. According to the organizers, this is the highest jackpot amount in the history of the lottery, which has been around since 1992.

If the winner, who has not yet been identified, wants to have everything paid out in cash immediately, then by various deductions he will not receive the total of $2.04 billion (equivalent to almost 2.01 billion Swiss francs), but about 998 million dollars. However, the winner could also opt for an annual payment of partial sums.

Previously there was confusion – primarily because the draw had not taken place at the usual time. That would have had to do with security checks, he said. Then it was initially said that there was no winner – before the winning ticket was announced in California.

Eurojackpot cracked: 120 million euros goes to Berlin

There was also a lucky winner in Germany: a ticket from Berlin won the €120 million jackpot.

With the winning numbers 15 – 17 – 23 – 35 – 38 and the two euro numbers 4 and 9, a player was right for the first time after 16 draws without a main prize, Westlotto announced on Tuesday after the draw in Helsinki.

(saw/sda/dpa)