美国强力球奖金高达16亿美元
At least three winning tickets were sold in Wednesday's Powerball jackpot, which surged to an estimated 1.6 billion U.S. dollars, the largest in U.S. history.
当地时间本周三美国强力球开奖，至少三注奖券被售出，预计奖金高达16亿美元，创美国彩票历史最高记录。
The winning numbers - 4-8-19-27-34 and Powerball number 10 - were drawn Wednesday night.
A California Lottery official said a winning ticket was produced in the state. The Associated Press is reporting that winning tickets were also sold in Tennessee and Florida.
A Powerball ticket costs 2 dollars. The game's jackpot starts at 40 million dollars and grows until it is won. Players choose their first five numbers from a pool of 69 and another number -- called the Powerball -- from a separate pool of 26.
The Powerball lottery is played in 44 U.S. states, Washington D.C., and two U.S. territories: Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The jackpot reached 500 million dollars last Wednesday, and surged to 950 million dollars on Sunday. Both drawings did not produce a matching ticket.
The previous record lottery jackpot payout for North America was in March, 2012, when 656 million dollars was won in the Mega Millions lottery.