The Powerball lightning bolt finally struck. Lucky ticket holders in three states — California, Florida and Tennessee — will split the record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot that lured millions of lottery hopefuls into a frenzied buying spree.
強力球頭彩終于塵埃落定，高達十六億美元的破紀錄大獎最終花落來自加利福尼亞州、佛羅里達州和田納西州的幸運兒。此前，上百萬彩民瘋狂購票，期望一夜暴富。

The winners beat the 1-in-292.2 million odds by picking the magic combination: 4, 8, 19, 27, 34 and Powerball 10.
此次頭獎號碼為4、8、19、27、34以及被稱為“強力球號碼”的10，中獎幾率不足2.9億分之一。

The winners can opt for annual payments over decades or an immediate lump sum.
獲獎者可以選擇幾十年內分期領獎，也可以一次性全額領取獎金。

No one has stepped forward yet to claim a share, but everyone now knows where the winning tickets were sold: A 7-Eleven in Chino Hills, Calif.; Naifeh's Food Mart in Munford, Tenn.; and a Publix grocery in Melbourne Beach, Fla.
目前還沒有人現身領獎，但頭彩的出售地點已經人盡皆知：位于加利福尼亞州東郊奇諾山的一家7-11便利店，位于田納西州曼福德市的一家奈非食品超市，以及位于弗羅里達州墨爾本比奇的Publix雜貨店。

Even though the big prize winners haven't stepped forward publicly, lottery officials were already cutting checks for the retailers that sold the jackpot-winning ticket.
雖然這筆大獎的獲獎者尚未在公開場合現身，但是彩票工作人員已經開始為出售頭獎彩票的零售商開具支票了。

Naifeh's Food Mart in Munford, a city of about 6,000 people located 30 miles north of Memphis, was set to get a $25,000 check Thursday afternoon. The store is owned by the brother and nephew of former Tennessee House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh.
曼福德市人口約6000，位于孟菲斯以北30英里（約合48公里）處。奈非食品超市就坐落于那座小城。周四下午，一張2.5萬美元的支票將被送到那里。該店為前田納西州議長吉米·奈非的兄弟和侄子二人所有。

When word spread that a winning ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven in Chino Hills, hundreds of people who won't get a dime basked in the glory anyway, many taking selfies with the store clerk on duty because, well, why not?
當奇諾山一家7-11便利店售出頭獎彩票的消息傳開，成千上百名并未獲獎的民眾也蜂擁至此，希望能沾沾喜氣，許多人還紛紛和店員拍照留念——有何不可呢？

“I’m very proud that the ticket was sold here,” the clerk, M. Faroqui, told local newspaper the San Bernardino Sun. “I’m very happy. This is very exciting.”
“頭獎是在這里賣出去的，我特別驕傲，”該店店員M.法洛奇在當地報紙《圣博娜迪諾太陽報》的采訪中如是說道，“我真的特別開心，這個消息真是振奮人心。”

Store owner Balbir Atwal, noting his lotto machine, called it the “luckiest place in all the planet.”
店主巴爾比爾?阿特瓦爾指著他的樂透機，稱它為“地球上運氣最好的地方”。

“I’m very excited and happy,” he told the Sun. “My community has helped me so much, I’m so grateful to them. I don’t know how much I’m getting but I’ll be helping my employees and my family and community.”
“我真是又激動又開心，”巴爾比爾告訴《太陽報》，“我所在的社區幫了我很大忙，我真的感激不盡。我不知道最后能拿到多少獎金，但我一定會用這筆錢幫助我的雇員、家人和整個社區。”

Many locals stood around to cheer and mug for TV cameras that descended on the suburban community of 77,000 residents located about 35 miles east of Los Angeles.
奇諾山位于洛杉磯以東35公里處，人口約為7.7萬。當電視攝像機前往此地進行拍攝時，當地許多民眾聚在一起對著攝像機歡呼、扮鬼臉。

“It’s history. We’re all so excited for our city,” said Rita Talwar, 52, who has lived in Chino Hills for 30 years.
“這是歷史性的一刻。我們都為我們這座城市感到驕傲，”52歲的瑞塔?塔爾瓦如此說道，她已經在奇諾山生活了三十年了。

In Florida, the winning ticket was sold at a Publix grocery in Melbourne Beach. An employee told Florida Today the store has been inundated with phone calls.
在佛羅里達州，頭獎彩票是在墨爾本比奇的Publix雜貨店售出的。一名雇員告訴《今日佛羅里達》，Publix雜貨店已經受到了各路電話的狂轟濫炸。

John Koontz, a front service worker at the store, had just stepped out of his car to show up for work when someone he knew asked him the big question: Was it true?
該店的前臺服務人員約翰?孔茨說，他前腳才下車準備進店工作，后腳就有熟人向他求證這個驚人的消息：是真的嗎？

“They’re all excited. One of the locals just asked me was it true that the winning ticket was sold here,” Koontz said, lining up one of the store scooters in the cart area. “Can you imagine this is happening here at our little store?”
“大家都特別興奮。有個本地人直接問我，頭獎彩票是不是在這里賣出去的？”孔茨一邊說一邊將購物車區域的推車排列整齊。“你能想象這種大獎居然出自我們這種小店嗎？”

Dave Demi didn't win the Powerball but said he's happy about the possibility someone from Melbourne Beach may have.
大衛?德米沒有中獎，但他表示，墨爾本比奇有人可能會獲得這筆大獎也讓他感到很開心。

"I'd say good for you," Demi said, braving the early morning chill to walk into the Driftwood Plaza Publix to check his ticket for other possible winnings. "I bought two tickets here and two at a convenience store. I did the one Powerball number," he said chuckling.
“我想對中獎的人說，你運氣真不錯，”德米說道，他可是大清早頂著嚴寒趕到德里夫特伍德廣場的Publix雜貨店，來這里查看自己購買的彩票有沒有可能中其它獎。“我在這兒買了兩張彩票，在另外一個便利店又買了兩張。好歹我也中了一個強力球號碼呢。”他說著便笑了起來。

In addition to the winning ticket, the California Lottery said 12 tickets matching five of the six Powerball numbers were sold for Wednesday's drawing. Those winners will get a $1 million prize.
除了頭獎彩票以外，加利福利亞州彩票中心表示，周三開獎時還有十二張彩票猜中了六個強力球號碼中的五個，這十二張彩票的所有者將獲得一百萬美元的獎金。

英文來源：今日美國
譯者：趙瀟逸
審校&編輯：丹妮