speculation of when the winners will show up? we are hoping they will show up today and i can tell the winner at home in bed watching this and the cash is not enough to get them out of bed, there is a cake inside waiting for them. it is a sheet cake and it looks very delicious, and if that is enough to get them out of bed to validate the ticket, i don t know what is. they have a year to come forward before they lose the money, so it could be quite some time. $258 million is after taxes and $86 million each. it is the fourth largest lotto winning in history and the third largest powerball, but ultimately that is nothing compared to the $590 million that widow won in florida alone back in may. now, thomas, if it feels like there is more and more jackpots lately and more and more major jackpots that is because there is. the lotto officials changed it from being $1 a ticket to $2 a ticke ticket, and that is why it is
kind of money. i got a great job and a great life, so a dream is a dream. but that s about it. it s worth $2. right. powerball jackpot has exploded after lottery officials increased the ticket price from $1 to $2. who can forget gloria mckenzie, she was the winner of the $590 million jackpot in may in fellow that. why are these in florida. why are the purses getting so big so fast? the higher ticket prices and the fact that most people don t even bother playing until the jackpot hits $100 million. so what s next? we re going to wait fort winners to come forward. they have yet to claim their prize, but they ve got one year to do it. so three tickets in new jersey and also in minnesota. good luck, guys. steve: thank you very much. i bought $10 worth, which is five numbers and of them, out of the 30 digits, i got three
biggest pot ever, two tickets in new jersey and one in minnesota matched all six numbers beating the $1- 1-175 million odds. here are the numbers. 5, 25, 30, 58, 59, and 32. the jackpot was originally $425 million. but at the drawing, officials said it spiked to a whopping $448 million. but that lump sum is sliced almost in half, the three winners split about $258 million before taxes. wednesday s wind fall comes three months after the biggest powerball jackpot in history, that $590 million in florida. a fast moving wildfire in california has already destroyed close to 6,000 acres. fire officials say the blaze grew in size from 2500 acres to 5,000 in just one hour. mountain side homes have been engulfed in the flames.
the prize a few months after a florida widow won a whopping $590 million, the biggest pot in powerball history. driving all this flurry, a recent powerball revamp changing the price of a ticket from a buck to two has increased the frequency of those ginormous payouts. sales growing 52%. wacky as it might seem there is now a whole host of players who jump onboard only when the price swells into the triple digits. only when it gets $100 million. i need something big. because after taxes. you know. reporter: rest assured, uncle sam will take his cut. a single winner would claim a lump sum payment of about $245 million. that s before paying state taxes depending on where you live. larry jacobs, abc news, new york. if you happen to be watching us from new jersey or minnesota. take a listen to this. the locations in jersey were a super stop & shop in south brunswick, middlesex county, which, by the way, is one town away from where my mom lives.
holds the record for most jackpots at 38. pennsylvania, missouri, minnesota, kentucky round out the top five. there is no special magic there. they have just been playing the longest. stores that have had big winners before are getting extra attention. this is the winner. reporter: the little silver family pharmacy in new jersey sold the $70 million winning ticket to a couple last year. but that s peanuts compared to the $590 million powerball gloria mckenzie won in may. lottery officials say every ticket has the same chance of winning, one in 175 million. all right. so we have the locations of where the winning tickets were sold in new jersey. sold at a super oh, can t speak a super stop and shop in south brunswick, middlesex county.