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California ticket wins Powerball’s $699.8 million jackpot

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Published 4:35 AM

Seventh largest in American lottery history

IMPERIAL, Calif. (KYMA, KECY/CNN) - The Multi-State Lottery Association (MSLA) announced Monday a winner to the seventh largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history at $699.8 million.

California Lottery confirms the winning ticket was purchased at a grocery store in the coastal California city of Morro Bay.

According to the MSLA, the winning numbers were 12, 22, 54, 66, and 69, with a Powerball number of 15.

If the winner chooses the lump-sum cash option, they can walk away with $496 million instantly.

Powerball clarified $1 million-winning tickets were also sold in Arizona, Florida and Virginia each; while two $1 million-winning tickets happened to be come out of Massachusetts.

Also, a Tennessee ticket matched the five white balls and included the Power Play feature, doubling the prize to $2 million, per Powerball.

MSLA organizers admit while the jackpot was the seventh largest in U.S. lottery history, it was the fifth-biggest prize for Powerball.

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