By Chris Taylor
$360 million dollars could be yours in the latest Powerball drawing. The winning Powerball numbers have been selected and people across California are checking their tickets. The winning Powerball numbers for the May 15, 2013 drawing are 2, 11, 26, 34, 41 and a Powerball number of 32.
For more on Powerball, visit Powerball.com or the California Lottery website.There are plenty of up's and down's to winning (or trying to win) the Powerball lottery in California. When it comes to hitting the jackpot in California, chances are pretty low. No one from California has hit the Powerball jackpot in California, according to a Powerball analysis website.
Indiana leads in jackpot wins with 19 followed by Pennsylvania at 16. Second place isn't a bad consolation prize, though.
Lottery analysis website USA Mega broke down what you could expect to take home after taxes in the $360 million jackpot state by state. For California, you do not have a state lottery tax, so it's just the federal taxes that will come your way.
Your net payout would be $226,800,000.Take the 30-year annuity payments, and it's $356, 250, 000 million, bringing home close 12 million each year, according to USA Mega.
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