A single Powerball ticket just won the largest jackpot prize ever in US history

Emily Cohn

Aug 24, 2017, 18:56 IST

A woman holds Powerball lottery tickets outside Bluebird Liquor in Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California, United States, January 12, 2016. The Powerball Jackpot has reached a record Dollar 1.5 billion. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

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The Powerball jackpot is the largest prize ever won by a single ticket in the US.

A single lottery ticket worth $758.7 million just won the largest lottery prize in US history.

Wednesday's Powerball jackpot - the second-largest in US history - had a single winner, according to the Powerball website. The total haul is the largest lottery win ever, since the record largest jackpot of $1.6 billion Powerball was split between three winners.

The winning ticket was sold at the Pride Station & Store in Chicopee, Massachusetts, though the winner hasn't yet been identified.

The winning numbers were 6, 7, 16, 23, 26, and Powerball number was 4.

According to the AP, six tickets sold are worth $2 million each, 34 tickets won $1 million prizes.

The winner will have a choice to claim the winnings in the form of a lump sum or an annuity. The annuity is a series of 30 annual payments, which increase by 5% each year. The lump sum is worth less than the face value of the prize.