A ticket with all six numbers in the Monday evening’s Powerball lottery drawing was sold in Arkansas and the player has the choice between an annuitized prize of $251 million or a lump sum payment of $118 million.
Both figures are before taxes, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game.
If the player selects the annuity option, he or she will receive one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year.
The numbers drawn Monday were 2, 17, 18, 38, 62 and the Powerball number was 20.
The drawing was the 17th since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number is 1 in 292.2 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.9.
A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, was sold in Puerto Rico and is worth $2 million because the player utilized the Power Play option, where for an additional $1 per play, a ticket with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, is worth $2 million, according .to the Multi-State Lottery Association.
The Powerball game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.
The jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing will be $20 million.