No party, like the Rhode Island Lottery, will use your funds for any purposes other than the payment of winnings.
PowerBall jackpot prizes are paid in thirty annual payments.
Wednesday night's drawing was the 40th in the Powerball jackpot run, according to Powerball.
Every single ticket is worth $316.3 million if the proceeds are taken in annual annuities over 29 years, or $225.1 million if the winners opt to take their prize in an instant lump sum.
In addition to the single jackpot winner, there had been 9,397,723 other players who won non-jackpot prizes totaling $134,981,575.
On October 19, 2005, a family from Jacksonville, Oregon won $340 million ($451 million today).
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