The Golden State is looking ever so golden today for the person who walked into a 7-Eleven, in Arleta, California, and bought the winning $204.5 million Powerball ticket.

“I have the golden ticket! I have the golden ticket,” is what the winner is most likely singing this beautiful Monday!

The 7-Eleven golden ticket that has the winner singing, skipping, and a hopping has the winning numbers 1, 29, 37, 56, 68, and the red ball 13.

Right now, the lot of y’all are saying, “Man, I wish that was me!” And you can increase the chances of your wishes of winning the Powerball coming true if you just head on out to California.

Over a nine year time period, California has had more big Powerball winners than any state. In fact, 2 out of the 5 big Powerball winners won in California this year. The largest jackpot of $526.5 million was won in California on the 29th of March, while the 3rd largest jackpot was won in California on Saturday, the 31st of May.

Like all the winners, the current winner has the option of being paid in cash or getting 30 payments over a 30-year time period. The cash payout is $91.6 million.

The payout over the 30-year time period will be one payment handed out this year. The remaining 29 payments will be paid over a 29-year time period. Also, the remaining 29 payments will increase by 5% each year.

There are two important things all Powerball winners must be mindful of. First, the Powerball folks don’t take out any taxes from the winner’s winning. Finally, the money that is won is what the government calls income.

Therefore, the winner must go to the tax man or lady in order to determine how much of his or her income the local, state, and federal governments want.