Three Winners Split $1.586B Powerball Jackpot

Record sales drove up the largest jackpot in US history to a whopping $1.586 billion as people dreaming of riches flocked across state lines and international borders to buy tickets. / AFP / MARK RALSTON

Three winners from California, Tennessee and Florida will split Wednesday night’s $1.586 billion Powerball prize. Each winner will get $528.8 million if taken in annual payments for 30 years, or a one-time payment of $327.8 million. 

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An additional 26,110,643 players won prizes totaling more than $273.9 million.
The jackpot will be reset to $40 million.
The first announced winner, in Chino Hills, Calif., bought the ticket at a 7-11, the owner of which will receive a $1 million retailer bonus check Thursday at 11 a.m. PST. People swarmed the store Wednesday night to get a picture of the owner.

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The winning numbers were 4, 8, 19, 27, 34 and Powerball of 10.

Social media is buzzing with rumors of the identity of the California winner, but those reports are fake, lottery officials said.