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A person with a ticket matching all six Powerball numbers in Saturday’s $1.3 billion jackpot came forward Monday to claim the prize, Oregon officials said.

The lottery ticket was purchased at a Plaid Pantry convenience store in the northeast part of the city, Oregon Lottery said in a statement.

Oregon Lottery is working with the person in a process that involves security measures and vetting that will take time before a winner is announced.

“This is an unprecedented jackpot win for Oregon Lottery,” Oregon Lottery Director Mike Wells said in the statement. “We’re taking every precaution to verify the winner before awarding the prize money.”

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[–] PoliticallyIncorrect@lemm.ee 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The most important thing about having a lot of money it's knowing how money works, that's why what easy comes easy goes.

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Uh huh. I guess that's why most people who inherited their parent's money are all living on the street now.

[–] Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

“I’m just so happy that finally Oregon won the big jackpot because it’s always on the East Coast,” Musser said. “Now that Oregon won it ... there’s more hope for Oregon. Maybe we’ll win it again.”

I wonder if there's any truth to this or it's just confirmation bias on her part. It says just before that the largest Powerball jackpot ever was won in California...

[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I feel like most of the jackpots have been in CA. I know at least two of the billion dollar ones were in CA.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago

You would except 10% of the winners to be from California, all else being equal.

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

There is no truth to this. A win in Oregon does not increase or decrease the chances of a future win in Oregon. The probabilities are fully independent of one another. There is no plausible means by which the probability of a future drawing selecting a ticket held in a particular state is affected by the residences of previous winning ticket holders.

The idea that "X just won, therefore X is on a roll and will continue to win" and "X hasn't won in a long time, therefore X is overdue for a win and should win in the near future" are both examples of the Gambler's Fallacy.

[–] PoliticallyIncorrect@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Parents normally should educate their children, what unfournetly goes dramatically decreasing.