(CNN / CBS13) – Hey, someone has to win it someday, right? That time came Wednesday when one of the two winning tickets to the $ 630 million Powerball jackpot was sold in Sacramento.
The winning ticket was sold at 7-Eleven on Wyndham Drive in South Sacramento near Kaiser. Another was sold in Wisconsin.
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Powerball ticket sales rose sharply across the country.
The $ 630 million jackpot, says the Multi-State Lottery Association, was higher than estimates and driven by the rapidly growing number of people who toppled 2 bucks for a million-to-1 shot at wealth.
In fact, the odds were far worse than that: 1 in 292.2 million, Powerball says.
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The chances of winning a prize are better – 1 in 24.9, says Powerball.
The final Powerball jackpot winner claimed a $ 699.8 million grand prize on October 4 in California.
Wednesday night’s draw was the seventh largest jackpot in Powerball’s history, with a cash value of $ 448.4 million.
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