A person who bought a Powerball ticket at a Melbourne Beach Publix woke up a winner Thursday morning.
Three people hit the largest jackpot of about $1.5 billion. One person won from Chino Hills, California and the other from Munford, Tennessee.
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The Florida Lottery said the winning ticket was sold at a Publix on Highway A1A in Melbourne Beach. The Publix will receive $100 thousand for selling the winning ticket.
The winning numbers from Wednesday night: 08, 27, 34, 04 and 19, and the Powerball 10.
The winning $2 million Powerball ticket was sold at Sav-A-Thon on North Country Club Road in Lake Mary.
The locations of 11 1 million winning tickets are :
- Pine Island Chevron, located at 4450 South Pine Island Road in Davie.
- Big Boss Stores, located at 671 Highway 98 East in Destin.
- 7-Eleven, located at 4490 Weston Road in Davie.
- Winn Dixie, located at 2778 North Roosevelt Boulevard in Key West.
- Publix, located at 7780 113th Street in Seminole.
- FCE, located at 7006 Palmetto Circle North in Boca Raton.
- Indo Pak Curry Spices, located at 18901 Southwest 106th Avenue in Cutler Bay.
- Tahir Enterprise, located at 840 Northwest 183rd Street in Miami.
- Publix, located at 133 North Congress Avenue in Boynton Beach.
- Zephyrhills Radiant Food Store, located at 6512 Gall Boulevard in Zephyrhills.
- Orion Gas, located at 10301 Northwest 7th Avenue in Miami.
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The jackpot winner has 180 days to claim the prize. However, for the winner to receive the one-time, lump-sum cash payment option, the claim must be filed within 60 days after the winning draw date.
The Powerball is now at $40 million with the next drawing on Saturday.