All winning tickets should be validated by the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery before prizes will be paid.
It permits players to get two probabilities at winning the jackpot for $3.
It was a new record for the biggest prize ever won on a single ticket and the 24-year-old stated that he had just felt a ‘really lucky, weird feeling’ when he bought his ticket.
Powerball is played on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in 45 states, Washington D.C., the U.S.