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Minnesota Powerball Ticket Wins $180.1M
Sunday, May 04, 2008 posted 02:26 PM EDT
One lucky person somewhere in Minnesota is holding a lottery ticket worth $180.1 million Sunday.
The Minnesota State Lottery said the winning ticket was sold in Rice County, Minn.
The prize is the largest Powerball jackpot ever won in the state of Minnesota, officials said.
The winning numbers were 2-28-36-42-46, and Powerball 40.
The winning ticket holder has the option of annuity payments for the entire amount of the prize, or the cash option of $88
million -- which would amount to $59.6 million after tax withholding.
The ticket holder has one year from the date of Saturday night's drawing to claim the prize.
An additional 902,481 players won prizes totaling more than $7.8 million, according to the Powerball Web site.
The prize goes to an estimated $15 million for Wednesday.
Powerball is now played in 29 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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