{"id":217814,"date":"2025-10-16T13:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T13:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/217814\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T13:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T13:31:08","slug":"texas-powerball-biggest-ever-single-payout-of-us410m-awarded-to-syndicate-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/217814\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Powerball: Biggest ever single payout of $US410m awarded to syndicate in US"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the largest ever Powerball jackpots has been awarded to a syndicate that picked the wrong number and landed the prize.<\/p>\n

The massive jackpot amount that has been building since a new prize pool was generated in June has been split by two winning tickets, but the lucky punters aren\u2019t complaining about going halves.<\/p>\n

On Monday, October 13, Texas Lottery announced the Seven Bridges Revocable Trust of Fredericksburg, Texas, claimed the second half of September\u2019s estimated annuitized $US1.8 billion Powerball jackpot prize \u2014 the second-largest US lottery jackpot ever won.<\/p>\n

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The latest Texas Lottery winner selected the cash value option at the time of purchase, receiving $US410,324,470.28 before tax \u2014 the largest prize ever paid out to a single Texas Lottery player and the Texas Lottery\u2019s third Powerball jackpot winner since joining the multijurisdictional game in 2010.<\/p>\n

The winning jackpot commenced as a $US20 million prize on June 2 and was in play for 42 draws, setting a record for the game\u2019s longest jackpot run before being won, the Texas Lottery told People<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Texas\u2019 winning ticket, in which the player matched all six numbers drawn (11-23-44-61-62, Powerball 17), was sold at Big\u2019s 103, located at 11905 E. US Highway 290. The convenience store received a $US250,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.<\/p>\n

The first jackpot-winning ticket was sold in Missouri, and the winner has already come forward to claim their share.<\/p>\n

Texas Lottery representatives confirmed that the winner usually selects random numbers, but on this occasion, \u201cdecided to choose numbers that were meaningful to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, after purchasing the ticket, they realised that one of the numbers they had selected was different from the one they intended to pick.<\/p>\n

Then, during a drive to church on the morning of the draw, they checked the ticket and thought they had won, before pulling over to check their numbers a few more times.<\/p>\n

They then placed the ticket inside their glovebox and headed inside for a church service.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are Texas true to the state and its values. We believe in family, in faith, and in the blessings that come through both,\u201d a representative of the trust told Texas Lottery, through a statement provided by their legal representation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a moment of gratitude for us, a blessing we plan to enjoy and share with those who are special to us and who serve our community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe ask for privacy as we look forward to enjoying our lives together as a family. God bless Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the largest ever Powerball jackpots has been awarded to a syndicate that picked the wrong number…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,6213,41,39,42,40,2957,1720],"class_list":["post-217814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-society","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-usa","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}