$1 million winning Powerball ticket sold at Houston convenience store

Someone who purchased a ticket in Houston for the record-breaking Powerball jackpot drawing is $1 million richer.

A ticket sold at a convenience store matched five out of five numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing that was initially scheduled for Monday night.

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The ticket was purchased at C’s Speedy Mart located at 7433 ½ Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77074.

The winning numbers for the drawing were 10-33-41-47-56 and the Powerball was 10.

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The winning numbers were not released until Tuesday morning. The Multi-State Lottery Association said Monday night’s scheduled drawing was delayed by nearly 10 hours because a participating lottery had issues processing sales.

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The jackpot was initially reported as an estimated $1.9 billion on Monday, but the prize was increased to $2.04 billion Tuesday morning after updated calculations. Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in California hit the top prize.

The jackpot was by far the largest lottery jackpot ever won, topping the previous record $1.586 billion prize won by three Powerball ticketholders in 2016.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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