California scores another winning ticket to a huge jackpot

California is perhaps the luckiest state in the nation.

Another ticket to a huge lottery jackpot was sold in California — perhaps the luckiest state in the nation.

A single ticket that matched white balls 7, 10, 11, 13, 24 and red Powerball 24 in Wednesday’s drawing for $1.08 billion was sold at Las Palmitas Mini Market at 1205 Wall Street in Los Angeles, lottery officials said.

That means four winners of the last 10 largest jackpots bought tickets in the Golden State. The winner of the enormous $2.04 billion jackpot purchased the ticket in Altadena last November;  in 2021, the winner purchased the ticket in Morro Bay; and in 2016 one of three winning tickets was sold in Chino Hills. No other state comes close to these many winning tickets.

Here’s a list of the 10 largest U.S. jackpots that have been won and the states where the winning tickets were sold, according to the Associated Press:

1. $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 8, 2022 (one ticket, from California)

2. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)

3. $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket, from South Carolina)

4. $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, from Illinois)

5. $1.08 billion, Powerball, July 19, 2023 (one ticket, from California)

6. $1.05 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket, from Michigan)

7. $768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket, from Wisconsin)

8. $758.7 million, Powerball, Aug. 23, 2017 (one ticket, from Massachusetts)

9. $731.1 million, Powerball, Jan. 20, 2021 (one ticket, from Maryland)

10. $699.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 4, 2021 (one ticket, from California)