A lucky West Virginia gambler has scooped $314.9m in the Powerball lottery - the biggest win by a single player in American history. The numbers on the ticket read 5, 14, 16, 29 and 53, and 7 for the Powerball, but that is all the Multi-State Lottery Association was revealing just after its Wednesday draw. It may be only the third biggest jackpot in US history but the others had to share - this Powerball winner takes every red cent. Retailers expecting a quiet Christmas Day were swamped by punters, bumping the prize money up by more than $35m in the final hours. "I think it's pretty neat, though, isn't it, on Christmas Day, to go for it?" said Sounantha Baccam, 27, of Des Moines, who was planning to buy about 10 tickets when he spoke to The Associated Press.