$320 Powerball cash jackpot reaches record level, goes to Michigan resident
Lorraine Trotta, of Lindenhurst, buys the new Powerball $2.00 ticket from Maulik & Chandni stationary store in Lindenhurst. (Jan. 15, 2012) Credit: Jessica Rotkiewicz
A Michigan resident won Powerball's $320 million jackpot Wednesday, with the lucky numbers of 6-27-46-51-56-21.
The jackpot reached a potential record of $320 million for the annuity (up $15 million from Monday) or $213.3 for the cash (up $10 million).
The only larger Powerball annuity in the last six years was $336.4 million in February. A Rhode Island woman who had the single winning ticket instead took the game's new record for cash: $210 million. Less taxes, of course.
If this one rolls over, expect a new Powerball record, possibly shattering the $365 million annuity hit by eight Nebraska food-plant workers in February 2006. That one paid $177.3 million in cash.
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