Lottery officials announced that someone from Rhode Island, who played the enormous Powerball lottery game, won the $336.4 million jackpot. However, another $1 million ticket was sold in Brookfield, Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee. Neither winner has come forward to to claim their prize.
The Brookfield ticket reportedly had the five regular numbers, but not the Powerball. The winner who bought the ticket in Rhode Island matched all five numbers and the Powerball number, winning the $336.4 million jackpot, reported the AP.
This is the prize was the third highest in the Powerball lottery. Because of rising sales and a price increase from $1 to $2, the jackpot dramatically increased. The jackpot nearly doubled from $173.5 million on Feb. 1 to $336.4 million, reported the AP. Before the price increase, having five numbers earned a lucky winner approximately $200,000, reported Madison.com.
The winning numbers were 1-10-37-52-57. However, players can still win smaller sums of money if they match some of the numbers. Powerball winners have 180 days to claim their prize.
While the nation anxiously waits to see who won the grand prize, scroll the slideshow and check out previous winners from the Powerball lottery.
The winner of Saturday's $336.4 million Powerball jackpot in Rhode Island has yet to claim his or her prize, leaving many to wonder if the lucky winner is even aware of the lottery win. Find out what the winning numbers were, why the jackpot was so big, and what will happen to the money if the winner doesn't step forward here.ReutersVietnamese refugee and current Lincoln, Nebraska resident Dung Tran accepts his Powerball Jackpot check for $22,162,500 in Lincoln, Nebraska February 22, 2006. Tran purchased the winning lottery ticket for a group of eight coworkers at a Nebraska ConAgra Foods plant and each was awarded a check for their share of the record $365 million jackpot after they decided to select the cash option, awarding each person US $22,162,500 before tax withholdings.ReutersPowerball Lottery co-winner Alain Maboussou (R) hugs U-Stop gas station employee Penny Fisher after Maboussou was awarded his share of the US$365 million jackpot in Lincoln, Nebraska, February 22, 2006. Maboussou is one of eight workers at the Lincoln ConAgra Foods plant who shared in the jackpot with each person receiving US$22,162,500 before tax withholdings from a ticket bought at the U-Stop gas station. Maboussou arrived in Lincoln in 1999 after his family fled a civil war in the CongoReutersWinner of the $340 million Powerball lottery Steve West (L), of Medford, Oregon, stands with extended family members and friends at a news conference after turning in the winning ticket in Salem, Oregon, November 8, 2005. The prize from the October 19 drawing was the largest ever Powerball winnings and the second largest lottery prize in the U.S., second to a $363 million prize in 2000. ReutersWinners of the record $340 million lottery Powerball claim the jackpot in Salem, Oregon, November 8, 2005. Frances Chaney (L), holds the hand of her husband Robert Chaney (seated) while daughter Carolyn West (R) looks on. The winning ticket will be split between members of the Chaney and West families of Medford, Oregon. The $340 million jackpot drawing on October 19, 2005 was the largest Powerball jackpot ever won and the second largest worldwide jackpot ever.ReutersWest Virginia Gov. Robert Wise (R) hands a copy of a check to Powerball Lottery winner Andrew "Jack" Whittaker (2nd R) as they talk with members of the media about winning $314.9 million jackpot Christmas night. They met with the media at lottery headquarters in Charleston, West Virginia, December 26, 2002. Looking on at left are members of Whittaker's family (L to R) daughter Ginger, grandaughter Brandi Bragg, and wife Jewell. ReutersSheryel Hanuman of Minneapolis laughs at the Minnesota Lottery's office in Roseville, Minnesota, August 27, 2001 during the press conference announcing her as one of four winners of the $295 million Powerball lottery jackpot from the August 25 drawing. Hanuman plans to take the cash option of $41.4 million ($27 million after tax withholding) and quit her job immediately. The amount was the second largest lottery prize ever won in Minnesota. Hanuman, married and the mother of three boys, bought five one dollar tickets at a Cub Foods grocery store while shopping for a friend's wedding card.ReutersShirley and Frank Capaci show off a check for $104,300,000 during a photo opportunity in Pell Lake, May 27. The Capacis won the largest lottery prize in U.S. history in the "Powerball" drawing of May 20, 1998. Looking on is state of Wisconsin Lottery Director Don Walsh (RReuters
