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One winning ticket sold in $429 million Powerball lottery

(Reuters) - One winning ticket coordinated the numbers drawn on Saturday night for the multi-state Powerball big stake for a payout assessed at $429.6 million, the ninth-most astounding U.S. lottery prize ever, authorities said.

The triumphant numbers chose just before 11 p.m. EDT were 25 66 44 5 26 with the Powerball 9. Lottery authorities said one ticket, obtained in New Jersey, had the triumphant blend, as indicated by media reports.

The champ was not recognized. Champs of gigantic lottery payouts at times don't approach freely for months.It was the biggest bonanza for any U.S. lottery since January, when three Powerball tickets split a record $1.6 billion.

The winning Powerball numbers are shown after being drawn at the Florida Lottery studio in Tallahassee, Florida January 13, 2016. REUTERS/Philip Sears

The chances of winning at Powerball are one in 292 million. Insights specialists say that implies an American is approximately 25 times more inclined to wind up the following president of the United States than to win the game.Kelly Cripe, a Texas-based lottery representative, said Saturday's Powerball took after 17 continuous draws without a victor.

A spate generally ticket-purchasing on Saturday expanded the bonanza by some $15 million, to an expected $429.6 million. Powerball is played in 44 states, and in addition the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles and Chris Michaud; Editing by Digby Lidstone, Eric Meijer and Paul Tait)

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