Check those tickets – here are the winning numbers for $562.1 million Powerball jackpot

More than half a billion dollars is up for grabs Wednesday night in the Powerball, making the drawing the nation’s 11th-largest lottery jackpot ever.

The winning numbers for the $562.1 million Powerball jackpot were announced at 8 p.m.

The winning numbers are 10, 14, 50, 53, 63. The Powerball number is 21.

The odds of winning this Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. Those odds may seem slim, but you’re far more likely to win this jackpot than to fill out a perfect NCAA March Madness bracket. The odds of filling out a perfect bracket are about 1 in 9.2 quintillion, making the Powerball about 31.5 billion times more likely.

The jackpot may be claimed as $550 million before federal taxes as an annuity paid out over 29 years, or winners can choose the lump-sum option of $335 million. California is one of 10 states to exempt state income tax on lottery winnings.

This is the eighth-largest Powerball jackpot, and about a third the size of the largest lottery prize of all time, a $1.5 billion Powerball that was won by three tickets on Jan. 13, 2016.

If you’ve won less than $600, you can turn in your winning ticket at a lottery retailer in exchange for cash, according to Mega Millions’ website.

If you’ve won over $600, download a claim form from the California Lottery and deliver it to any lottery district office or mail it to 730 N. 10th St., Sacramento, CA 95811.

This story was originally published March 20, 2019 at 8:01 PM with the headline "Check those tickets – here are the winning numbers for $562.1 million Powerball jackpot."