A winning ticket for Wednesday’s record $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot was sold at a 7-Eleven in Chino Hills, Calif.
“We have a winner in California! A jackpot-winning ticket was sold in Chino Hills. We’re still awaiting results from other states,” the California Lottery tweeted at 11:13 p.m. EST.
The identity of the winner is not yet known. It could be hours before it is known if additional winning tickets were sold elsewhere.
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The 7-Eleven store where the winner bought the ticket will get a $1 million bonus for selling it, said California Lottery spokesman Alex Travesta.
The winning numbers were 4-8-19-27-34, with a Powerball of 10.
The odds of winning were approximately 1 in 292 million.
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Chino Hills is a suburb of Los Angeles. It had a population of 74,799 as of the 2010 Census, according to the city’s official website.
• This article is based in part on wire service reports.
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