None came close to Tuesday’s prize, which started at $20m on 6 August – and has now returned to $20m for the next drawing on Wednesday. Only four previous Powerball jackpots had topped $1bn. Joe’s Service Center in Altadena, California, about five miles (8km) north of Pasadena, sold the winning ticket, officials added.įor selling the winning ticket, business owner Joe Chahayed will receive a bonus prize from Powerball of $1m. Officials did not identify the newly minted billionaire winner of the prize, which was nearly $400m larger than the previous record jackpot.
