One lucky winner grabs $388MILLION Powerball lottery jackpot

PUBLISHED: 00:40 EST, 24 March 2013 | UPDATED: 00:41 EST, 24 March 2013

One lucky winner in New Jersey has got the winning ticket to the $338 million Powerball fortune that was up for grabs last night.

The numbers are: 17, 29, 31, 52, 53 and Powerball 31.

No ticket matched all the numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing.

Jackpot: One lucky winner in New Jersey has won the $338million powerball jackpot

The jackpot had been estimated at $320 million but a late ticket sales surge pushed it to $388million.

The lump-sum cash option is $211million.

Lottery officials say the current jackpot is the sixth highest in history. No one has won the Powerball jackpot since early February.

The holders of two winning tickets - one purchased in Arizona and the other in Missouri - shared $587.5 million in November, the largest Powerball jackpot in history.

Huge fortune: The prize pot is the sixth highest in lottery history

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If I ever won a fraction of that...No one ...but no one would ever know...!!

- filmex , Budapest and London, United Kingdom, 24/3/2013 21:11

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Love stories like this! Brilliant!

- Englandshark , London, 24/3/2013 20:11

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Charitable

- The Fact , London, 24/3/2013 18:34

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"These big jackpots always go to New Jersey. This game is rigged." - Ken , Castle Pines - Colorado ============= Unless you count the winners from Arizona, Missouri, Massachusetts, Indiana (at least 3), North Carolina, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and West Virgina.

- gadfly , S FL, United States, 24/3/2013 17:45

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Winnerrrrr.

- FakeDemcracy , UK, United Kingdom, 24/3/2013 17:33

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Get ready for a LOT of unwanted letters and phone calls.

- gormenghastly , Toronto, Canada, 24/3/2013 16:43

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These big jackpots always go to New Jersey. This game is rigged.

- Ken , Castle Pines - Colorado, United States, 24/3/2013 16:13

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That is insane money. Hard to even imagine.

- Zee Chen , San Francisco, 24/3/2013 16:02

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Won $388, lump sum $211 - we Americans really get screwed don't we! Check out the European lotteries, if you win $388 you get $388, in a lumps sum, and tax free!- Get Real , erewhwon, United States ------------------------------------------------- At least a third of that $211 million will be taxed at source. Still $140 million should last a couple of weeks or so.

- Grasshopper Farmer , Sandburrville, 24/3/2013 15:55

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Won $388, lump sum $211 - we Americans really get screwed don't we! Check out the European lotteries, if you win $388 you get $388, in a lumps sum, and tax free!

- Get Real , erewhwon, United States, 24/3/2013 14:17

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