'Integrity and transparency are incredibly important to us so we will probably not know for months and months.' 'We have to spend time vetting the winner to make sure it is the right person,' she said. Winners don't have to come forward publicly but their names and the disposition of the money are public records, according to the California Lottery.Ĭalifornia Lottery spokesperson Carolyn Becker told reporters if the winner was revealed, it be unlikely to happen for a while. So will it ever be revealed who won and how much they will actually receive? The game's abysmal odds of 1 in 292.2 million are designed to build big prizes that draw more players. Lottery officials presented a giant symbolic cheque to store owner Navor Herrera and his family, and hung signs saying 'billionaire made here'.
The winning ticket was sold at Las Palmitas Mini Market. It is the sixth largest win in US history and the third largest in the game's history. An American who purchased a lotto ticket at a tiny store in downtown Los Angeles is more than $US1.08 billion ($1.6 billion) richer after winning the Powerball jackpot.
