The Internet Is Losing Its Mind After Learning About California’s Winning Powerball Ticket

All that last minute waiting in line may have been worth it for someone. No sooner did the winning Powerball numbers for the mind-boggling $1.5 billion jackpot hit the airwaves, but a followup announcement soon arrived. The California lottery quickly tweeted that a winning ticket landed in their state.

One (unknown) lucky winner plucked up a ticket in Chino Hills, which happens to be the 6th highest income city in the United States. No joke. With a median household income of $97,065, it’s unlikely that anyone in Chino Hills suffered without winning the Powerball. Now someone in or around the city will know astronomical wealth after Wednesday night’s news. Isn’t that how it works? The rich getting richer and such.

A Twitter prophet immediately predicted doom and gloom beyond the usual lottery horror stories that have filled the internet’s ears.

https://twitter.com/brockwilbur/status/687491793311551489

https://twitter.com/brockwilbur/status/687494368962281472

Meanwhile, a local sales associate found a sudden taste of fame.

Other folks trucked out a new meme for the occasion. For some reason, the Iron Sheik got in on this action. He’s not impressed, but everyone else is overreacting.

https://twitter.com/crissymilazzo/status/687490394976694272

https://twitter.com/_irrelevnt/status/687489560947773441

https://twitter.com/ThatNiggaMurray/status/687490323572985856

https://twitter.com/maryamare101/status/687490017279672321

https://twitter.com/sirSLAYSalot/status/687488957869735936

https://twitter.com/CasuallyGinger/status/687490535737577472

https://twitter.com/IamSantwon/status/687314598429474817

https://twitter.com/thecapital/status/687494974905057280

Some folks weren’t pretty ticked off that someone who was already likely well off in Chino Hills became insanely wealthy. Them’s the breaks in life.

https://twitter.com/jameseliason/status/687491488335314945