The convenience store will receive nearly $1 million for selling the winning ticket.Īngélica Menjívar, whose mother owns the store, told reporters they were happy for the bonus but didn’t have plans yet how to spend it. Wednesday’s winning ticket was sold at Las Palmitas Mini Market in downtown Los Angeles, according to the California Lottery. Wednesday’s prize ranks as the sixth-largest US lottery jackpot and third-largest Powerball jackpot, behind the world record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot won last year in California, and the $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot won in 2016, according to the lottery.
If you win the lottery, here's what you should (and shouldn't) do A customer purchases a ticket for the Powerball jackpot at a newsstand in New York City, U.S., November 7, 2022.