--- description: California, Tennessee and Florida all sold winning tickets title: At Least Three People Won the Powerball Jackpot: Officials image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta349fd15d50be042/698879110a4a2258539c7e4f/7-eleven-winning-powerball-ticket.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Lottery](/tag/lottery/) ## Lottery Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Three People Have Won the Powerball Jackpot by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 8:31 PM CUTPublished: Jan 14, 2016 5:03 AM CUT  7-Eleven store clerk M. Faroqui celebrates with customers after learning the store sold a winning Powerball ticket, Chino Hills, Calif., Jan. 13, 2016. 7-Eleven store clerk M. Faroqui celebrates with customers after learning the store sold a winning Powerball ticket, Chino Hills, Calif., Jan. 13, 2016.Will Lester—The Sun/AP by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 8:31 PM CUTPublished: Jan 14, 2016 5:03 AM CUT Wednesday night’s $1.56 billion Powerball jackpot, the biggest-ever in the world, will officially be [divided into thirds](http://www.powerball.com/pb%5Fhome.asp "undefined") after winning tickets were recorded in three different states. Three tickets bearing the lucky numbers were sold in California, Florida and Tennessee respectively, the lottery’s official website said after counting had concluded early Thursday morning. The winners’ identities have not yet been revealed. [According to a tweet](https://twitter.com/calottery/status/687487665080537089 "undefined") from the California Lottery’s official account, posted mere minutes after the [winning Powerball numbers](http://time.com/4180084/powerball-winning-numbers/?xid=time%5Fsocialflow%5Ffacebook "undefined") were announced, the first lucky ticket was sold at a 7/11 in the state’s Chino Hills neighborhood, a suburb of Los Angeles located in San Bernardino County. Around three hours later, an official from the state [confirmed](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9e475fd2b96e49f193e5cfe67b4d24a3/latest-powerball-prize-15-billion-could-grow "undefined") to the Associated Press that that feat was also achieved by tickets sold in Florida and Tennessee. Winners from several other states netted smaller prizes, with seven states reporting people that won $2 million and nearly two dozen recording multiple wins of $1 million. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4180091/powerball-jackpot-winner-california-who-won/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4180091/powerball-jackpot-winner-california-who-won/"},"headline":"Three People Have Won the Powerball Jackpot","datePublished":"2016-01-14T05:03:57.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T20:31:47.000Z","description":"Winning tickets were sold in California, Tennessee and Florida","url":"https://time.com/4180091/powerball-jackpot-winner-california-who-won/","keywords":["Lottery","California","Florida","Tennessee","Powerball","jackpot","winner"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta349fd15d50be042/698879110a4a2258539c7e4f/7-eleven-winning-powerball-ticket.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta349fd15d50be042/698879110a4a2258539c7e4f/7-eleven-winning-powerball-ticket.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Powerball Jackpot","caption":"7-Eleven store clerk M. 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