A half billion dollars could have been yours in the latest Powerball drawing. In fact, so many people were checking out the Powerball website Wednesday night that the server was slow to respond and appeared down at times shortly after the 11 p.m. drawing.
According to Powerball.com, two winning tickets were sold, one in Arizona and one in Missouri. Connecticut, however, had a $2 million Match 5 winner and a $1 million Match 5 winner. There is no word yet on where the tickets were sold.
The winning Powerball numbers for the Nov. 28, 2012, drawing are 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and a Powerball number of 6.
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Lottery analysis website USA Mega broke down what you could expect to take home after taxes in the $550 million jackpot state by state.
If the winner had been a Connecticut resident, he or she would have taken home $259,403,400 in a lump-sum payment after taxes. If the winner chose an annual payment over 30 years, the net take would have been $396,071,700, or an average annual payment of $13,202,390.
