The winning Powerball ticket worth $1.3 billion was sold in Oregon

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Powerball player in Oregon won a jackpot worth more than $1.3 billion on Sunday, ending a winless streak which had lasted for more than three months.

The unique ticket, revealed after a delay of more than three hours in the drawing, matched all six numbers drawn to win the jackpot valued at $1.326 million, Powerball said in a statement.

The jackpot has a cash value of $621 million if the winner chooses to receive a lump sum instead of an annuity paid over 30 years, with an immediate payout followed by 29 annual installments. The prize is subject to federal tax, while many states also tax lottery prizes.

The winning numbers drawn early Sunday morning were: 22, 27, 44, 52, 69 and the red Powerball 9.

The Oregon Lottery said the winning ticket was sold in Portland, Oregon.

"I want to congratulate the winner on this life-changing moment," Oregon Lottery Director Mike Wells said in a statement. "No one in Oregon has ever won an award of this scale, and it's very exciting for our staff and players."

The release says the winner has one year to claim the jackpot. Under state law, Oregon players, with few exceptions, cannot remain anonymous.

Previously, the Powerball jackpot won in Oregon was a $340 million jackpot in 2005. The last Powerball jackpot won in Oregon was a $150.4 million prize claimed by a Salem man in 2018.

As of the last drawing, no one had won the Powerball jackpot since New Year's Day, making it 41 consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner, tying a streak set twice before in 2022 and 2021.

The $1.326 million prize is the eighth largest in US lottery history. As prizes grow, raffles attract more ticket sales, which can increase the chances that jackpots will be shared among multiple winners. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.

The drawing scheduled for Saturday night was delayed and held at the Florida Lottery studio just before 2:30 a.m. Sunday to allow one of the organizers to complete the required procedures ahead of time. scheduled for 10:59 p.m., Powerball said in a statement.

"Powerball game rules require that every ticket sold nationwide be reviewed and verified with two different computer systems before winning numbers are drawn," the statement said. "This is done to ensure that every ticket sold for the Powerball drawing has been accounted for and has an equal chance of winning. Tonight, we have a jurisdiction that needs more time to complete that pre-drawing process."

Powerball is played in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball officials did not immediately say where the verification issue occurred.

It is the second time there has been a delay in the drawing of a huge Powerball jackpot in the last 17 months.

In November 2022, the Powerball drawing for a record $2.04 billion, won with a single ticket sold in Southern California, was delayed nearly 10 hours. The Minnesota Lottery later announced that there was a technical problem with its two-tier verification process, operated by third-party vendors.