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How much would the $1.9 billion Powerball winner take home in Oklahoma?

It's not too late to buy a lottery ticket and try to win it big

How much would the $1.9 billion Powerball winner take home in Oklahoma?

It's not too late to buy a lottery ticket and try to win it big

ALL RIGHT, JONATHAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS JUST IN. NUMBERS JUST DRAWN MOMENTS AGO FOR THAT HISTORIC $1.9 BILLION POWERBALL JACKPOT. IT COMES AFTER THAT DELAY LAST NIGHT. ARE YOU READY? THE NUMBERS DRAWN IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES. GET YOUR CAR GET YOUR CARDS OUT. WE’RE GOING TO GET YOUR PHONE TICKETS. OKAY. WE’VE GOT 1030, 341
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How much would the $1.9 billion Powerball winner take home in Oklahoma?

It's not too late to buy a lottery ticket and try to win it big

It's not too late to buy a lottery ticket and try to win it big.A record Powerball jackpot grew to an even larger $1.9 billion after no one won the lottery drawing on Saturday night. Because of a technical delay Monday, officials announced the winning Powerball numbers Tuesday morning. The winning numbers are 10, 33, 41, 47, 56, with a red Powerball of 10.| MORE | Winning numbers for record-breaking Powerball announced following delay MondayThere are two options when you win the lottery: Get a lump sum of your winnings or 30 annual payments over 29 years.If you take the lump sum option, there will be a federal tax of 24% on your winnings. You'd also owe more at tax time, another 13%, according to the USA Mega website. Oklahoma also has a 4.75% state tax withholding — about $44.1 million — taking your total net payout on the lump sum to about $541.2 million. | MORE | Oklahoma man claims $2 million winning Powerball ticketIf you take the annuity option, you would receive 30 average annual payments of about $63.3 million — before taxes. The 24% tax would be about $15.2 million each year and additional federal taxes of about $8.2 million, bringing the subtotal to about $39.9 million.After Oklahoma's state taxes, according to the USA Mega website, your average net per year would be about $36.9 million. After 30 payments, your total would be about $1.1 billion. Although the big prize wasn't awarded in last week's and this weekend's drawings, an Oklahoma City man claimed a $2 million winning Powerball ticket on Nov. 1. A news release says a man named Ronald bought the winning ticket at a Homeland store on Northwest 122nd Street. Authorities said he claimed his ticket on Nov. 1 at the Oklahoma Lottery Winner Center.Oklahoma Lottery officials said Ronald learned he had a winning ticket while drinking coffee, saying "he hasn’t stopped shaking since." Ronald told Oklahoma Lottery officials that he buys Powerball tickets every once in a while and never expected to win.

It's not too late to buy a lottery ticket and try to win it big.

A record Powerball jackpot grew to an even larger $1.9 billion after no one won the lottery drawing on Saturday night. Because of a technical delay Monday, officials announced the winning Powerball numbers Tuesday morning.

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The winning numbers are 10, 33, 41, 47, 56, with a red Powerball of 10.

| MORE | Winning numbers for record-breaking Powerball announced following delay Monday

There are two options when you win the lottery: Get a lump sum of your winnings or 30 annual payments over 29 years.

If you take the lump sum option, there will be a federal tax of 24% on your winnings. You'd also owe more at tax time, another 13%, according to the USA Mega website.

Oklahoma also has a 4.75% state tax withholding — about $44.1 million — taking your total net payout on the lump sum to about $541.2 million.

| MORE | Oklahoma man claims $2 million winning Powerball ticket

If you take the annuity option, you would receive 30 average annual payments of about $63.3 million — before taxes. The 24% tax would be about $15.2 million each year and additional federal taxes of about $8.2 million, bringing the subtotal to about $39.9 million.

After Oklahoma's state taxes, according to the USA Mega website, your average net per year would be about $36.9 million. After 30 payments, your total would be about $1.1 billion.

Although the big prize wasn't awarded in last week's and this weekend's drawings, an Oklahoma City man claimed a $2 million winning Powerball ticket on Nov. 1.

A news release says a man named Ronald bought the winning ticket at a Homeland store on Northwest 122nd Street. Authorities said he claimed his ticket on Nov. 1 at the Oklahoma Lottery Winner Center.

Oklahoma Lottery officials said Ronald learned he had a winning ticket while drinking coffee, saying "he hasn’t stopped shaking since." Ronald told Oklahoma Lottery officials that he buys Powerball tickets every once in a while and never expected to win.