It is an unexpected result for a a lucky man who becomes $1.
08 billion richer after winning last Wednesday's third-highest jackpot ever in America's history.
The name of the man is deliberately withheld for security reasons.
The Powerball jackpot has an estimated cash value of $558.1 million.
The winning numbers were 7, 13, 10, 24 and 11. The Powerball was 24. The Power Play multiplier was 2X.
"This has turned into a historic jackpot run; this is only the third time in Powerball’s 31-year history that a jackpot has reached the billion-dollar threshold," Drew Svitko, Powerball Product Group Chair and Pennsylvania Lottery Executive Director, said in a Powerball news release.
Three lucky players won a $2 million prize for matching five white balls plus the Power Play, and 36 took home the $1 million prize for matching 5 white balls.
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