The largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history will likely be split among three lucky Powerball players, after winning tickets for the grand prize of an estimated $1.6 billion were sold in California, Florida and Tennessee, according to lottery officials in the Golden State.

The lucky numbers in the Jan. 13 draw were 8, 27, 34, 4 and 19; the Powerball was 10.

The identities of the new multimillionaires have yet to be announced, but spokesman Alex Traverso revealed that one of the golden stubs had been sold at a 7-Eleven store in Chino Hills, California, just outside Los Angeles, CBS News reported.

Celebrations erupted in the store on Jan. 13, and TV footage showed hundreds of people, including reporters and onlookers, crowding the store and its adjacent parking lot. Store owner Balvar Atwal told CBS Los Angeles that it was hard to believe one of the history-making tickets had been sold at his establishment.

"[It's] amazing," he exclaimed, "[It] feels so good!"

Store owner plans to share $1 million

Per California Lottery rules, Atwal himself may pocket up to $1 million for having sold a winning Powerball ticket, ABC News reported. But the store owner told "Good Morning America" on Jan. 14 that he planned to use his windfall to help the community.

"I'll be sharing it with my employee and the needy people, but I'm not going to get a million," Atwal said. "It's way less than that [after taxes]."

Winning tickets each worth $529 million

Each of the three winning tickets, meanwhile, is worth $528.8 million, the California Lottery told Reuters.

The enormous jackpot had led to ticket sales worth $1.3 million per minute during Wednesday's evening rush hour, revealed Gary Grief, the executive director of the Texas lottery. The $1.6 billion prize was "absolutely" the world's biggest jackpot ever, Grief insisted.

Powerball is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia and two U.S. territories. If no one had hit the jackpot on Jan. 13, it would have risen to an estimated $2 billion, with a cash value of $1.24 billion.

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