Illinois ticket wins $1.04B Powerball jackpot, eighth-largest in lottery history
TL;DR
A single Illinois ticket matched all six Powerball numbers to win a $1.04 billion jackpot—the eighth-largest prize in the game’s history—with a choice of 30 annual payments or a $450.5 million lump sum (pre-taxes); the win comes after a long run without a winner across 44 drawings.
- $1 billion Powerball jackpot has a winner washingtonpost.com
- We have a winner! $1.040B Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Illinois USA Today
- Winning Powerball ticket sold in Quincy WGEM
- Winning ticket for $1 billion Powerball jackpot was sold in Illinois Chicago Tribune
- Single Powerball ticket sold in Illinois wins $1.04 billion jackpot, eighth-largest in US history Fox Business
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